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vocab 21-30 sem1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| form follow content | the connection between the form of the sentence and its contents. |
| generalization | to deal in generalities; to speak or write vaguely. |
| hubris | overweening pride, resulting in the misfortune of the protagonist of a tragedy; a form of the tragic flaw which results from excessive pride, ambition, and overconfidence. |
| humor | writing whose purpose is evoking of laughter; a character's disposition which readily perceives the ridiculous, the ludicrous, and the comical. |
| hyperbole | conscious exaggeration without intent of literal persuasion. |
| imagery | qualities of a work that show concreteness and appeal to sensuous experience of memory. |
| inversion | the placing of a sentence element out of its normal position either to gain emphasis or to secure a so-called poetic effect; too frequent use results in artificiality. |
| irony | recognition of a reality different from the masking appearance verbal:words expressed actually carry opposite meaning cosmic:in literature when fate/gods step in to lead a human into an unexpected turn of events |
| irony (cont'd) | dramatic: characters use words that mean one thing, but have a foreboding meaning to those who understand the situation. situational: expected outcome turns out to be the opposite of expectations. |
| litotes | understatement; a thing is affirmed by stating the negative of its opposite; "He was not unmindful" instead of "He gave careful attention". |
| logic | principles of reasoning; valid reasoning. |
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