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CA Final Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Allusion | A reference in a work of literature to something outside of the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work |
| Rhetorical Techniques | The devices used in effective or persuasive language |
| Satire | Writing that seeks to arouse a reader's disapproval of an object by ridicule |
| Structure | The arrangement of materials within a work; the relationship of the parts of a work to the whole; the logical divisions of a work (line, scene, act, blah) |
| Imagery | the sensory details of a work |
| Narrative Techniques | the methods involved in telling a story (PoV, dialogue, interior monologue) |
| Epigram | A pithy saying, often using contrast. It is also a verse form, usually brief and pointed |
| Hyperbole | Deliberate exaggeration, overstatement, It is self-conscious, without the intention of being accepted literally |
| Jargon | the special language of a profession or group |
| Lyrical | songlike; characterized by emotion, subjectively and imagination |
| Oxymoron | a combination of opposites; the union of contradictory terms (jumbo shrimp, cold fire) |
| Parable | A story designed to suggest a principle, illustrate a moral, or answer a question. Allegorical stories |
| Paradox | A statement that seems to be self-contradicting but, in fact, true |
| Parody | A composition that imitates the style of another composition normally for comic effect |
| Personification | A figurative use of language which endows the non-human (ideas, inanimate objects, animals, abstractions) with human chars |
| Allegory | A story in which people, things, and events have another meaning |
| Ambiguity | Multiple meanings a literary work may communicate, especially two meanings that are incompatible |
| Apostrophe | Direct address, usually to someone or something that is not present (God) |
| Connotation | The implications of a word or phrase, as opposed to its exact meaning |
| Denotation | The dictionary meaning of the word |
| Rhetorical Question | A question asked for effect, not in expectation of a reply |
| Soliloquy | A speech in which a character who is alone speaks his or her thoughts aloud |
| Stereotype | A conventional pattern, expression, character, or idea. As a character, it can be referred to as a stock char |
| Syllogism | A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them. It begins with a major premise (All tragedies end unhappily) followed by a minor premise (Hamlet is a tragedy) and a conclusion (Hamlet ends unhappily) |
| Alliteration | The repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds, normally at the beginning of words |
| Assonance | the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds (It beats...as it sweeps...as it cleans!) |
| Ballad Meter | A four-line stanza rhymed abcd |
| Blank Verse | Unrhymed iambic pentameter |
| Digression | the use of material unrelated to the subject of a work |
| Euphemism | a figure of speech using in |
| Metonymy | Substituting the name of one subject for another object closely related to it (The school banned soda) |
| Anaphora | repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences (We have bluh; we have blah; we have bluh blah) |
| Aphorism | concise statement which expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using a rhyme or balance (Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise) |
| Syntax | Manner in words are arranged by writer into sentences |
| Diction | having to do with a writer's choice of words |
| Genre | Major category or type of literature |
| Onomatopoeia | word used to imitate the natural sound |
| Syllepsis | linking of words with two other words in strikingly different ways |
| Tautology | needless repetition which adds no meaning (free gift) |
| Non-sequitur | inference that does not logically follow from the premise (Nixon said it was obvious he was honest b/c his wife had a simple cloth coat) |
| Synedoche | using one part of an object to represent the entire (new set of wheels) |
| Ellipsis | Omission of a word or phrase that is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from the context (Kathleen wants to be a firefighter, Sara, a nurse) |
| Motif | standard theme or dramatic situation which recurs |
| Pathos | the quality in a work that prompts the reader to feel pity or sorrow |
| Antithesis | a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced (It was the best of times; it was the worse of times) |
| Chiamus | Statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed (out went the taper as she hurried in) |
| Epiphany | Moment of sudden revelation or insight |
| Litotes | Type of understatement in which something affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite (she was not the best dancer) |
| Invective | Intensely vehement, highly emotional verbal attack (You are a lying, cheating bastard) |
| Tone | Attitude of the writer, usually implied, toward a subject |
| Pejorative | Disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect |
| Sardonic | characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering; sarcastic |
| Caesura | (Latin: a cutting) A break or pause in a line of poetry, dictated, usually, by the natural rhythm of the language (In Old English verse the caesura was used to indicate the half line) |
| Kenning | a compact metaphor that functions as a name or epithet; it is also, in its more complex forms, a riddle in miniature--"helmet bearer" = "warrior" |
| Epistles | literary letter, is a formal composition written in the form of a letter addressed to a distinct person or group of people; are carefully-crafted works of literature, intended for a general audience |
| Cacophony | the use of seemingly harsh, unmusical sounds |
| Catharsis | Aristotle's word for the pity and fear the audience experiences upon viewing the downfall of a hero |
| Hubris | the pride or overconfidence which often leads a hero to overlook divine warning or to break a moral law |
| Metaphysical Poetry | represents a revolt against the conventions of Elizabethan love poetry and especially the typical Petrarchan conceits (like rosy cheeks, eyes like like stars) |
| Novel of Manners | a novel focusing on and describing in detail the social customs and habits of a particular social group. Usually these convections function as shaping or even stifling controls over the behavior of the characters (Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice) |
| Pseudonym | A "false name" or alias used by a writer desiring not to use his or her real name. AKA nom de plume or pen name |
| Verisimilitude | how fully the characters and actions in a work of fiction conform to our sense of reality; to say that a work has a high degree of this means that the work is very realistic and believable-- it is "true to life" |
| Mock Heroic | Imitating the style of heroic poetry in order to satirize an unheroic subject |
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