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Julius Caesar Terms
Test vocaulary and grammar terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Imperative Sentence | A sentence that gives a command Ex: Off with their heads! |
| Declarative Sentence | (Assertive) A sentence that makes a statement Ex: The king is sick. |
| Simple Sentence | A sentence which contains one subject and one verb Ex: The singer bowed to the audience. |
| Exclamatory Sentence | Sentence that makes an exclamation Ex: The king is dead! |
| Interrogative Sentence | Sentence that asks a question Ex: Why is the king sick? |
| Short Sentence | (approximately five words in length) |
| Balanced Sentence | A sentence in which phrases or clauses balance each other by virtue of their likeness, structure, meaning, etc. Ex: There he was, grinning broadly, balanced on the log, while she, holding hands to mouth, waited on dry ground. |
| Inverted Sentence | A sentence in which the predicate comes before the subject Ex: In California grow oranges |
| Juxtaposition | a poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas are placed next to each other, creating a surprise or added meaning. Ex: Petals on a wet, black bough |
| Repetition | A device in which words, sounds, or phrases are used more than once for the purpose of emphasis or rhythm. Ex: government of the people, by the people, and for the people. |
| Anaphora | The repetition of introductory words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive sentences or clauses. |
| Rhetorical question | A question that expects no answer. It is used to draw attention to a point and is generally stronger than a direct statement. Ex: Are you stupid? |
| Paradox | A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth. Ex: The mechanical hound slept, but it did not sleep. |
| Rhetorical Shift | A change in a piece from one point, concept, or idea to another. Usually signaled by words such as then, but, or however. Ex: The weather outside was very nice, however Jennifer was very depressed. |
| Pun | A word that has more than one meaning in context. Often used for comic effect. Ex: During the previous century music styles went in one ear and out the other. |
| Parallelism | When two or more words or constructions stand in an identical grammatical relationship to the same thing. Ex: We will come when we are ready and when we choose. |
| Conceit | An expression often used in the form of an extended metaphor or analogy. Displays intellectual cleverness as a result of the unusual comparison being made. |
| Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction such as liberty or love. It addresses somebody or something that cannot answer. Ex: Antony's speech to the deceased Caesar. |
| Allusion | A reference to something that is commonly known from history, mythology, literature, art, etc. Ex: The accident was of Titanic proportion. |
| Anachronism | a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned. Ex: The reference to the bonging of a clock in Julius Caesar (set in ancient Rome). |
| Hyperbole | Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. |
| Chiasmus | A figure of speech based on inverted parallelism. Two clauses are related by a reversal of structure. Ex: Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. |
| Aphorisms | A terse statement of known authorship that expresses a general truth or moral principal. Ex: Lost time is never found again. |
| Litotes | Irnical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary. Ex: You won't be sorry (meaning you'll be glad). |
| Rhetorical Appeals (ethos, pathos, logos) | ethos - ethical appeal logos - appeal to logic pathos - emotional appeal |
| Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. Can explain something unfamiliar by comparing it to something which is better known. |
| Synecdoche | Using one part of an object to represent the whole. Ex: Go check out my new wheels. (wheels are referring to the car). |
| Metonymy | A figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. |
| Symbol | Generally, anything that represents itself and stands for something else. usually a concrete object which signifies something more abstract. |
| Simile | Comparison between two objects using words such as like and as. |
| Metaphor | Comparison between two objects without the words like or as. |
| Personification | Giving human qualities to an abstract or inanimate object. |
| Onomatopoeia | Natural sounds being imitated in the sounds of words. Ex: Hiss, Buzz, Crck |
| Irony |
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