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English 3 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allegory | a symbolical narrative |
| Allusion | a passing or casual reference |
| Anecdote | a short account of a particular incident or event |
| Anthropomorphism | anthropomorphic conception or representation |
| Aphorism | a terse saying embodying a general truth |
| Archetype | a model or first form |
| Cadence | rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words |
| connotation | an idea or feeling that a or invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning |
| Dialect | regional language |
| Diction | choice of words in speech or writing |
| Epithet | phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned |
| Farce | a light humorous play |
| Flashback | event or scene so inserted |
| foil | to prevent the success of |
| Hyperbole | obvious and intentional exaggeration |
| Idiom | a language, dialect |
| Inversion | an act or instance or inverting |
| Irony | the use of words to convey a meaning |
| Meter | poetic measure |
| Metonymy | a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept |
| Ode | a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted emotion |
| Onomatopoeia | the formation of a word by imitation of a sound |
| Oxymoron | figure of speech by which a location produces an incongruous self contradictory effect |
| Paradox | a self contradictory and false proposition |
| Parody | a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing |
| Personification | the attribution of human nature or character to animals |
| rhetoric | the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast |
| Romanticism | a romantic spirit or tendency |
| Satire | irony, sarcasm, ridicule |
| Soliloquy | an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself |
| Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part |
| Tone | any sound with reference, pitch, strength |
| Transcendentalism | transcendental character, thought, or language |
| Vernacular | native or indigenous, expressed or written in the native language |
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