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2nd 15 words APlang

TermDefinition
Antecedent the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun
antithesis a structure that places contrasting ideas next to each other
aphorism a terse statement of known authorship which expressed a general truth or moral principle; a memorable summation of the author's point
aporia used to express doubt about and idea
apostrophe A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction
archaism a word, expression, spelling, or phrase that is out of date in the common speech of an era, but still deliberately used by a writer
archetype a detail, image, of character type that appears frequently in literature and is thought to appeal in a universal way
argumentation to prove the validity of an idea, point of view, by presenting sound reasoning
asyndeton leaving out conjunctions in lists or between phrases, words, or clauses
atmosphere the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described
attitude a writer's intellectual position of emotion regarding the subject of the writing
authorial intrusion literary device wherein the author penning the story steps away from the text and speaks out to the reader
balanced sentence a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast
bathos the sudden appearance of the commonplace in otherwise elevated matter or style; insincere or overdone pathos
chiasmus the structure of two lines crisscrossed. the beginning of the first is at the end of the second and vice versa
Created by: Andizuricree
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