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English II Adv Vocab
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Allegory | A story, picture or other writing that uses symbols and figurative language to convey a hidden meaning. |
| Alliteration | The repetition of the same letter or sound at the start of connected words that are either next to or close to each other, typically for a stylistic effect. |
| Analogy | A comparison between two things to provide better explanation or for clarification. |
| Allusion | An indirect or non-explicit reference to some person or thing. |
| Antithesis | A literary device used to show complete contrast or opposing thoughts, views or to show the opposite or something or someone. |
| Audience | All the people to whom the piece of writing, art or hearing is delivered to; all the spectators. |
| Author's Purpose | An author's purpose is their reason to write or deliver their thoughts. It could be to inform, to persuade or to entertain the audience. |
| Active Voice | When the subject in the sentence is doing an action, rather than being acted on. |
| Connotative | A word or expression having the quality of having an additional meaning besides the primary meaning. |
| Compare and Contrast | To look at or consider two or more things or people by analyzing their similarities and differences. |
| Juxtaposition | The action of taking two or more things and setting them next to or side-by-side of each other, often for compare and contrast purposes. |
| Hyperbole | A form of figurative language where a statement is expressed with exaggeration or extreme meaning to express emphasis or a strong impression. |
| Metaphor | A form of figurative language in which a term or phrase is used on an object that it may not be directly applicable to. It is used to suggest similarity or resemblance. Can be changed from a simile by simply removing the like and adding a comma. |
| Simile | Often use a form of figurative speech, a simile is a comparison between two objects. It is used to show the other object has attributes of the first. Uses the format: "Object A was like the Attribute of Object B" |
| Epistrophe | A rhetorical use of repetition of the same word at the end of multiple sentence or clauses for emphasis, and to create an emotional appeal and make ideas memorable in the audience's minds. |
| Anaphora | The rhetorical repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of multiple sentences or clauses for emphasis. Used for the same reasons as an Epistrophe, but at the beginning rather than the end of a sentence. |
| Parallelism | The grammatical use of similar words, phrases, tenses or other grammatical elements for emphasis of ideas and words in a passage. |
| Oxymoron | A rhetorical use of setting seemingly contradicting terms or phrases adjacent to each other for intensifying emotions or to create different tones. |
| Symbolism | The rhetorical use of any person, situation, or object to represent an idea of some sort. Ex – Darkness shows negativity |
| Personification | The rhetorical use of attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. Used to better describe and emphasize the action of the nonhuman. Ex - Stars dancing |
| Chiasmus | "A rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form." |
| Paradox | "A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true." |
| Mood | "Mood refers to the overall atmosphere or feeling of a piece of writing." It is the feeling and emotion that the audience portrays from the tone. |
| Tone | "Tone typically refers to either the mood implied by an author's language and word choice, or to the way that the text can make a reader feel" |
| Euphemism | "A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. The opposite of dysphemism." |
| Irony | "The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect." Opposite of what is expected happens. |
| Motif | "A motif is a symbolic image or idea that appears frequently in a story." |
| Rhetorical Situation | "Any set of circumstances that involves at least one person using some sort of communication to modify the perspective of at least one other person." |
| Onomatopoeia | "The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named" Ex - hiss |
| Shift | "a change in the author's style, focus," tone, mood, "or language that alters the meaning of a text." |
| Theme | "The main idea or underlying meaning a writer explores in a novel, short story, or other literary work. The theme of a story can be conveyed using characters, setting, dialogue, plot, or a combination of all of these elements." |
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