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lit. terms 2
Question | Answer |
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ad hominem | the presentation of two contrasting images |
atmosphere | emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work |
deduction | the process of moving from a general rule to an especific example |
didactic | literally means "teaching" primary aim of teaching/instruction |
ellipsis | ndicated by a series of three periods indicates, indicatessome material has beeen ommited from a given text |
hyperbole | extreme exageration often humorous, it can also be ironic |
image | verbal approximation of a sensory impression, concept or emotion |
irony | unexpected twist or contrast between what happens and what was intended/expected to happen |
oxymoron | an image of contradictory term (bittersweet, pretty ugly, jumbo shrimps) |
paradox | a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense |
parallelism | referred to as parallel construction or parallel structure |
rhetorical question | one that does not expect an explicit answer |
symbol | something on a literary work that stands for something else |
syntax | the grammatical structure of prose and poetry |