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| device of using character and story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction to the literal meaning. for example, the author may intend the characters to personify and abstraction like hope/ freedom |
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| direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known. |
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| multiple meanings of a word, phrase snetance or passage |
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| devices of repetition which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines |
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| a short narrative referring to an incident in the life of a person |
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| the word phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun |
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| a terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle. a memorable summation of the author's point |
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| directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or live. |
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| a grammatical unit that ocntains both a subject and a verb |
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| use of slang or informalities in speech or writing |
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| what makes a text semantically meaningful |
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| In literary terms, a conceit is an extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs an entire poem or poetic passage. By juxtaposing images and ideas in surprising ways, a conceit invites the reader into a more sophisticated understanding of an object of comparison. |
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| the nonliteral associative meaning of a word; implied suggestive meaning |
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| strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of emotion |
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| a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept. |
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| traditions for each genre, help to define each. |
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| sermon; serious talk; speech |
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| a figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement |
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| This sentence is a basic statement with a string of details added to it. |
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| THE PERIODIC SENTENCE: In this sentence, additional details are placed before the basic statement. Delay, of course, is the secret weapon of the periodic sentence. |
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| a figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in words |
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| grammatical or rhetorical framing of words or paragraphs to give structural similarity |
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| an adjective that describes words, phrases or general tone that is overly scholarly |
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| one type of subject complement, an adjective, group of adjectives or clause that follows a linking verb |
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| a second type of subject complement -- a noun group of nouns or noun clause that renames the subject |
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| describes the variety and purpose of major kinds of writing |
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| the word or clause that follows a linking verb. comletes the sentence by either renaming it or describing it |
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| all men are mortal, socrates is a man, socrates is mortal. |
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| the way an author chooses to join words into phrases clauses and sentances. sentance structure |
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| an attitude that may lie under the ostensible tone of the piece. |
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