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Vocabulary Eng.3

Mr. Farrell 126-142

TermDefinition
Idyll Refers to eithe a poem or episode which describes a scene in rural life, or a description of any scene.
In Medias Res When a work starts off " in the middle of things"
KAFKAESQUE Characteristic of the nightmarish atmosphere which Franz Kafka was capable of creating through pervasive menace of sinister forces, feeling or loss of identity, guilt and fear, and a sense of permeating evil and an" absurd" logic of ruling.
Ad Hominem means "against the man" commenting or or against an opponent to underminde him instead of his arguments
Litote a figure of speech which employs and understatement by using double negaives or in other words, positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions ("She's not unhappy" means She's happy")
Refrain A phrase, line or lines repeated at intervals during a poem and especially at the end of a stanza
Romanticism Aspects include: an increasing interest in Nature, and the natural, primitive and uncivilized way of life, subjective feelings, emphasis on need for spontaeity in though and action and in the expression of thought, and action and in the expression of th
Synecdoche Figure of speech in which the part stands for the whole, thus something else is understood within the thing. mentioned(ex. Bread refers to oney in breadwinner:) :gray beard" refers to an old man, the wheel refers to the entire car
Verisimilitude Likeness to the truth; the appearance of being true or real even with fantastic
Vernacular Domestic or native language
Synesthesia The use of one sense to convey the experience of another sense
Stream of Consciousness The style of writiong that attempts to imitate the natural flow of a character's thoughts, feelings, reflections, memories and mental images as the character experience them
Metonymy literally name changing a device of figurativ and e language in which the name of an attribute or associated thing is substituted for the usual name of a thing, ex. The White House is concerned with where White House refers to the people of the White Hou
Classicism Art literature and music reflecting the principles of ancient Greece and Rome: tradition, reason, clarity, order and balance
Tercet Stanza with 3 lines
Quatrain Stanza with 4 lines
Quintet'/Cinquain Stanza with 5 lines
Sestet Stanza with 6 lines
Octave Stanza with 8 lines
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