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vocal words: week 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| conceit | Elaborate surprising figure of speech comparing two very dissimilar things; involves intellectual cleverness and ingenuity |
| connotation | Association that a word calls to mind in addition to dictionary meaning |
| denotation | Specific, exact meaning of a word, independent of it emotional coloration or association. |
| diction | use of word in oral or written discourse; accurate, careful use of words. |
| didactic | Literature designed to teach a moral lesson; literary purpose appears to be guidance, particularly moral, ethical, or religious. |
| ellipsis | Omission of a word or phrase necessary for a complete syntactical construction, but not necessary for understanding. |
| emotional appeal | Statements used to appeal to emotions. |
| epistrophe | Deliberately using the same techniques at the closing words of the final sentence. |
| ethical appeal | Statements made to appeal to reader’s sense of right and wrong. |
| figurative language | ntentional departure from the normal order, construction, or meaning of words in order to gain strength and freshness of expression, to create a pictoral effect. |
| foreshadowing | Arrangement and presentation of events and information in fiction or drama to prepare the reader for later events. |