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Vocabulary 8
English AP Blake Vocab
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| Dealing with a subject apart from a particular or specific instance | Abstract |
| A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings or interpretations | Ambiguity |
| A rhetorical opposition or contrast of ideas by means of a grammatical arrangement of of words, clauses, or sentences | Antithesis |
| Inflated, pretentious language | Bombast |
| A French term for the world of books, criticism, and literature in general | Belle-lettres |
| Literally, "talking around" a subject; discourse that avoids direct reference to a subject | Circumlocution |
| Literally, "seize the day" ; "enjoy life while you can," a common theme in life and literature | Carpe Diem |
| The high point, or turning point, of a story or play | Climax |
| A witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea, often stated in figurative language | Conceit |
| The dictionary definition of a word; contrasted with connotation | Denotation |
| The choice of words in oral or written discourse | Diction |
| Three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation | Ellipsis |
| An adjective or phrase that expresses a striking quality of a person or thing: (sun-bright topaz, sun-lit lake); also applies to vulgar or profane exclamations | Epithet |
| A speaker's or author's authority to express opinions on a subject | Ethos |
| A forceful sermon, lecture, or tirade | Harangue |
| A method in which a number of specific facts or examples are used to make a generalization; contrasted with deductive reasoning | Inductive Reasoning |
| A direct verbal assault; a denunciation; casting blame on someone or something | Invective |
| A mode of expression in which the intended meaning is the opposite of what is stated, often implying ridicule or slight sarcasm | Verbal Irony |
| The logic used by a speaker or writer to support a claim or point of view | Logos |
| A figure of speech that compares unlike objects; when several characteristics of the same objects are compared, it is called an extended metaphor; a metaphor referring to a particular person, place, or thing is called a metaphorical allusion | Metaphor |
| A figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated | Metonymy |
| A statement or idea that fails to follow logically from the one before | Non Sequitur |
| A statement that seems self-contradictory but is nevertheless true | Paradox |
| A false name or alias used by writers | Pseudonym |
| Similar to the truth; the quality of realism in a work that persuades the readers that they are getting a vision of life as it is or could have been | Verisimilitude |
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