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Toland Lit Terms
Toland Literary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | A group of words beginning with the same letter |
| Hyperbole | A ridiculously exaggerated statement |
| Oxymoron | Foolish, contradictory statements. EX: jumbo shrimp, bitter sweet |
| Onomatopoeia | Describe a sound EX: Boom, Bang, Pow |
| Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds with different consanents used in the middle of a sentence. EX: Penitent and Reticence |
| Parallelism | When something is referenced that parallels something else |
| Juxtaposition | Two words of opposite meaning used closely together EX: The whispers of lovers could barely be heard over the noise of the crowd. |
| Synecdoche | Using a part to represent a whole EX: All hands on deck. |
| Ambiguity | The meaning is unclear. EX: I'll give you a ring tomorrow (call or object?) |
| Aposiopesis | Unfinished sentence used to add dramatic effect. |
| Conceit | Metaphor comparing unlikely things using imagery. EX: All the worlds a stage |
| Anaphora | Repetition of words at the beginning of successive sentences. EX: 5, 5 dollar, 5 dollar foot long |
| Litotes | Understatements, double negatives. EX: Not bad |
| Epigram | A precise, clever statement; Paradoxical |
| Circumlocution | Unnecessarily wordy; "beating around the bush" EX: A certain long eared animal with a pension for carrots VS just saying Rabbit |
| Non Sequitor | Doesnt follow, jumping to conclusions. EX: She's dumb because her nose is big. |
| Synesthesia | Better understanding of one emotion to describe another EX: It feels blue or It feels loud |
| Pathetic Fallacy | Giving an inanimate object feelings or characteristics. EX: The sun smiled down on the cheerful town. |
| Tautology | Unnecessary repetition of words/meaning |
| Epistrophe | Repetition of the same word at the end of successive phrases EX: I swear to tell the TRUTH, the whole TRUTH, and nothing but the TRUTH |
| Stream of Consciousness | Saying thoughts as you feel them |
| Apposition | Phrase added to a title to add detail. EX: Michael Jackson, the king of pop, is dead. |
| Ad Hominem | Attacking a persons character without listening to their argument; Pre-judging. |
| Metonymy | Use of one object related to another. EX: We are always loyal to the crown. (with crown representing the country) |
| Picaresque | Sub-genre of prose; fiction which is satirical and depicts unrealistic/humorous detail. EX: Robin Hood (He is a hero even though he steals from others) |
| Cacophonous | Harsh/Jarring sound |
| Euphonious | Pleasant, agreeable sound |
| Colloquialism | Word/Phrase that is informal and is used in ordinary conversation. EX: Soda and Pop |
| Anadiplosis | Repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. End of one, beginning of another. EX: Thats why I am here, to win. To win would make me happy. |
| Malapropism | Misuse of a word through confusion with another word that sounds similar especially when the effect is ridiculous. |
| Catalogue | Classified with a categorical system |
| Anastrophe | Inverted order of words EX: Good it is ~Yoda |
| Invective | Speech/Writing insulting a person/topic/institution |
| Parody | Literary/artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of another author/work for comic effect or ridicule. |
| Zeugma | Rhetorical term for use of a word to modify/govern two or more words. EX: I just blew my nose, and a fuse. |
| Syllogism | A form of deductive reasoning with major/minor premise and conclusion EX: All mammals are warm blooded, all dogs are mammals, therefore all dogs are warm blooded. |
| Versimilitude | Quality of realism/resemblance of truth EX: Avatar movie |
| Wit | Intellectually amusing language which surprises/delights |
| Antithesis | Contrary ideas in a balanced sentence |
| Bildungsroman | Novel about the moral and psychological development of the main character |
| Trope | A figure of speech in which words are used in a sense different from their literal meaning |
| Coordination | Way of combining sentences that makes both clauses equally important creating a COMPOUND SENTENCE |
| Subordination | Way of combining sentences that makes one sentence more important than the other to create a COMPLEX SENTENCE |
| Predicate Adjective | Follows a linking verb and describes a noun EX: Roses are Beautiful - where beautiful is the predicate adjective describing the roses and following the linking verb, 'are'. |
| Antecedent | The word phrase or cause that is referred to by a pronoun or relative adverb EX: I did not see Bob today, he must be sick. - where Bob is the antecedent of he |
| Apostrophe | The author is addressing objects as if they were in his/her personal presence; a form of personification |
| Periodic Sentence | A sentence that is not grammatically complete until the final clause or phrase |
| Paradox | a statement that appears to be self contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity EX: Deep down he's really very shallow |
| Loose Sentence | A sentence that does not end with the completion of its man clause but it continues with one or more subordinate clauses or other modifiers |
| Extended Metaphor | A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem |
| Mixed Metaphor | A succession of ludicrous comparisons EX: He's a loose cannon who always goes off the deep end |
| Root Metaphor | An image, narrative, or fact that shapes and individuals perception of the world and interpretation of reality EX: Time is money |
| Absolute Metaphor | A metaphor in which one of the terms cant be readily distinguished from the other EX: We faced a scallywag of tasks (The connotation could be good or bad, we cannot tell) |
| Blank Verse | A verse without rhyme especially that uses iambic pentameter |
| Syntax | The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language |
| Diction | Word Choice |
| Semantics | The study of linguistics and logic concerned with meaning, as of words, phrases, sentences, or text |
| 1st Person POV | Narrator tells the story; commonly uses "I" or "we" |
| Inference | The act of reason and drawing conclusions from factual knowledge or evidence |
| Genre | Of or pertaining to a distincive literary type EX: Nonfiction |
| Tone | The authors attitude towards a subject |
| Denotation | Strict dictionary definition |
| Symbol | Represents and idea, a physical entity or a process but is distinct from it |
| 3rd Person Limited POV | One characters point of view |
| Dead Metaphor | a metaphor which has lost its originaly imagary due to extensive over-use |
| Analogy | A comparison between an unfamiliar and a familiar object in order to explain the unfamiliar |
| Asyndeton | Omits Conjunctions |
| Polysndeton | Employs many conjunctions |
| Pedantic | An adjective describing words, "Showy words", or "big words" that people use when writing |
| Didactic | Teaching/Instructing of moral/ethical principles |
| Chiasmus | Two clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures. Inverted Parallelism |
| Conceit | Cleverness through an unusual comparison |
| Aphorism | Expresses a general truth or moral principle; a memorable summation of the authors point |
| 1 Form of Satire Juvenalien | Harsh, critical |
| 2 Form of Satire Horatian | Sympathetic, Gentle, Playful |
| Polyptoton | Root word with different suffixes/prefixes in a different tense EX: Working HARD or HARDLY working |
| Allegory | A symbolic narrative |
| Anecdote | A short and amusing story about a real incident or person |
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