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Terms 5-LW

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oxymoron figure of speech in which the word groups are contradictory terms to suggest a paradox
paradox a statement that is opposed to common sense
parallelism grammatical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity
parody a work that closely imitates another with specific comical aim or ridicule
pedanctic an adjective that describes words, phrases, or general tone. Overly scholarly (big words)
periodic sentence a sentence with central meaning in the main clause at the end.
personification a figure of speech in which the author gives concepts, animals, or inanimate objects human attributes or abilities
point of view perspective from which a story is told
prose major division of genre- fiction and non fiction
repetition duplication of any element of language
rhetoric the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively
rhetorical modes describes the variety, the conventions, and purposes of major types of writing
sarcasm bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something
satire a work that targets human vices and follies to reform or ridicule
semantics branch of linguistics that studies word meaning, word history and development, and word connotations.
style an evaluation of the mixture of literary devices. Classification of authors to a group and comparison of an author to similar authors
subject complement the word or clause that follows a linking verb and complements of the subject of the senctence
subordinate clause subject and a verb, not a complete sentence
syllogism a deductive system of formal logic
symbol anything that represents itself and stands for something else
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