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Literary Terms Colum
Literary Terms Column 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| slang | informal language consisting of words and expressions that are usually considered inappropriate for formal speech or occasions. (Ex. hogwash, take a hike, gee whiz) |
| sterotype | a false idea (usually uninformed or unexamined) that someone has about a person or group |
| structure | the organizational framework in a written work |
| style | the way an author chooses and uses words and structure to get a message across or tell a story (wordy, complex, disjointed, informal, formal, descriptive,plain, elaborate, terse, flowery, simple, musical) |
| symbolism | the use of symbols (concrete objects) to stand for ideas in a written work (Ex. rising storm as a symbol for approaching trouble) |
| synecdoche | a metaphor in which a part of something is used to signify the whole or a whole represents a part (Ex. All hands on deck) |
| Syntax | the structure of sentences (kinds of sentences, order within a sentence, grammatical construction, repetition) |
| theme | the main idea or message in a selection (often, the theme is implicit and is seldom stated outright) |
| tone | the writer's attitude or approach toward the subject (for example angry, bitter, silly, urgent,detached, apologetic,sarcastic, playful, harsh,informal analytical, superficial, enthusiastic,optimistic, argumentative, joyful) |
| understatement | the opposite of exaggeration; bringing attention to a subject by treating it as if it were less important than it really is (Ex. Death is a just long nap) |
| voice | the way a writer's personality shows through in the writing. |
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