Term
|
Definition
| the reversal of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Hawthorne, Poe, Melville- acknowledged teh existence of sin, pain, and evil in human life and formed a counterpoint to the optimism of the transecendentalists. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The distinctive way in which a writer uses language |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the mood or feeling created in a piece of writing |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A close, but not exact rhyming sound |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object, an idea, or a person who is either dead or absent |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
a summing up and restatement of the entire poem's themes ex. the final section of "song of myself" |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the decree of God by which certain souls are foreordained to salvation |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| process by which a writer reveals a characters personality |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, place or experience |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a figure of speech developed throughout several lines or an entire work |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| something that has meaning in itself but also stands for something more than itself |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| 1800-1860; a journey away from the corruption of civilization and the limits of rational thought and toward the integrity of nature and freedom of the imagination |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| relatively short story that teaches a moral, or lesson about how to lead a good life |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| journey to salvation, as well as a physical journey |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| long lists of related things, people, or events |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| question that is asked for effect, presumes that audience agrees with speaker on the answers, so no answer is expected or required |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| nostalgic work describing a pleasant rural scene or homey setting |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| 19th century movement in the Romantic tradition, which held that every individual can reach ultimate truths through spiritual intuition, which transcends reason and sensory experience |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| two or more words whose sounds share identical sounds |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| statement that seems to contradict itself, but that reveals a truth |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| rhymed fourteen-line poem, usually written in iambic pentameter |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| insight about human life that is revealed in a literary work |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of antoher and that is not meant to be taken literally |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| repetition of grammatically similar words, phrases, clauses, or sentences to emphasize a point or stir the emotions of a reader or listener |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| references to people and events from history, literature, arts or other branches of culture |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| repetion of consonant sounds in words that are close together |
|
|
