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Eng Vocab 3-4
Vocabularly
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Invective | Emotionally violent attack using strong and abusive language |
| Irony/ironic | The difference between what is stated is clear and what it actually means (what appears to be vs what actually is true |
| Juxtaposition (juhk-stuh-puh-zish-uhn) | When two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast |
| Litotes (lahy-toh-teez) | figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposites ex: He’s no fool (which implies he is wise) |
| Logos | appealing to reason in a measured logical way (Logic) |
| Metonymy (mi-ton-uh-mee) | a figure of speech in which the name of one object, person or idea is substituted for that of another closely associated with it |
| Oxymoron | is a figure of speech in which contradictory terms or ideas are combined. Ex:” They cried beautifully. |
| Paradox | A statement which seems self contradictory, but which may be true in fact. |
| Parallelism | a grammatical device that uses similar grammatical elements to emphasize related ideas in a sentence, paragraph, or piece of writing |
| Parody | A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule. |
| Prose | refers to fiction and non-fiction, including all its forms. In prose the printer determines the length of the line; in poetry, the poet determines the length of the line |
| Rhetorical question | a question asked for rhetorical effect to emphasize a point, no answer being expected |
| Satire | use of ridicule, sarcasm, irony, etc, to expose vices abuses, etc |
| Syntax | The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences. but you can differentiate them by thinking of syntax as the groups of words, while diction refers to the individual words |
| Understatement | The ironic minimizing of fact, understatement presents something as less significant than it is. The effect can frequently be humorous and emphatic. Understatement is the opposite of hyperbole. |
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