terms

These are only the literary terms (list one - seven) that we have been tested on 2nd quarter.
 * Note**: There are no examples for these terms, only definitions. So feel free to edit and provide some examples for the terms if desired.

2 a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. 3 a literary genre comprising such compositions. Ex. Jonathan Swift's //A Modest Proposal// || 2 sneering or cutting remark || //(see Synecdoche vs. Metonomy page)// || //(see Synecdoche vs. Metonomy page)// || In a broader usage, the term "enthymeme" is sometimes used to describe an incomplete argument of forms other than the syllogism || Ex. My //heart// is broken. || Ex. My //heart// is pumping blood through my body. || Ex. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. || Ex. Pilot: Attention passegers. We are currently experiencing some technical difficulties. Both wings of the aircraft have ripped off. Please remain calm and kindly make your way towards the emergency exits, one parachute per person. We ask that you do so in a timely fashion, for we are crash landing in 2 minutes. Thank you for flying with us and please consider for any of your future flights. || Ex. The dictionary walked across the desk. || Ex. Mary mauled many men during the month of May. || Ex. Deafening silence || Ex. cuckoo; boom; bam ||
 * Satire || 1 the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
 * Sarcasm || 1 harsh or bitter derision
 * Pathos || is one of the three modes of persuasion in rhetoric (along with ethos and logos). Pathos appeals to the audience's emotions. ||
 * Logos || an argument from reason; An argument based on logos needs to be logical, and in fact the term //logic// derives from it. Logos normally implies numbers, polls, and other mathematical or scientific data. ||
 * Ethos || a component of argument; this can mean merely "moral competence", but also to encompass expertise and knowledge ||
 * Synecdoche || a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special
 * Metonomy || is the use of a word for a concept or object associated with the concept/object originally denoted by the word.
 * Enthymeme || is an informally stated syllogism (a three-part deductive argument) with an unstated assumption that must be true for the premises to lead to the conclusion. In an enthymeme, part of the argument is missing because it is assumed.
 * Syllogism || is a kind of logical argument in which one proposition (the conclusion) is inferred from two others (the premises) of a certain form ||
 * Pathetic Fallacy || is the treatment of nature (i.e.: trees, roses, rain, etc) as if they had human feelings, thoughts, or sensations ||
 * Situational irony || an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected, the difference between what is expected to happen and what actually does ||
 * Dramatic irony || The dramatic effect achieved by leading an audience to understand an incongruity between a situation and the accompanying speeches, while the characters in the play remain unaware of the incongruity ||
 * Verbal irony || a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant ||
 * Exposition || dialogue, description, etc., that gives the audience or reader the background of the characters and the present situation ||
 * Denouement || consists of a series of events that follow the climax of a drama or narrative, and thus serves as the conclusion of the story ||
 * Connotation || is a subjective cultural and/or emotional coloration in addition to the explicit or //denotative// meaning of any specific word or phrase in a language, i.e. emotional association with a word.
 * Denotation || is the strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or colour
 * Hyperbole || a figure of speech in which exceptional exaggeration is deliberately used for emphasis rather than deception; over exaggeration
 * Understatement || to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms; under exaggeration
 * Pun || of words, usually humorous, based on (a) the several meanings of one word, (b) a similarity of meaning between words that are pronounced the same, or (c) the difference in meanings between two words pronounced the same and spelled somewhat similarly ||
 * Allusion || is a figure of speech that makes a reference or representation of or to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, myth, or work of art - Literature often alludes to the Bible and Shakespeare. ||
 * Allegory || in literature, symbolic story that serves as a disguised representation for meanings other than those indicated on the surface. The characters in an allegory often have no individual personality, but are embodiments of moral qualities and other abstractions. The allegory is closely related to the parable, fable, and metaphor, differing from them largely in intricacy and length ||
 * Motif || term that denotes the recurrent presence of certain character types, objects, settings, or situations in diverse genres and periods of folklore and literature ||
 * Archetype || a defining //example// of a personality type. The accepted use of archetype is to refer to a generic version of a personality ||
 * Personification || figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstract ideas are endowed with human qualities
 * Euphony || is the claim or study of inherent pleasantness or beauty ||
 * Cacophony || is the claim or study of inherent unpleasantness ||
 * Alliteration || is the repetition of the **first** consonant sound in a phrase
 * Consonance || is a stylistic device, often used in poetry characterized by the repetition of two or more consonants using different vowels ||
 * Assonance || The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, especially in stressed syllables, with changes in the intervening consonants ||
 * Oxymoron || is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms
 * Verisimilitude || in its literary context is defined as the fact or quality of being verisimilar, the appearance of being true or real; likeness or resemblance of the truth, reality or a fact’s probability ||
 * Antithesis || a figure of speech involving a seeming contradiction of ideas, words, clauses, or sentences within a balanced grammatical structure ||
 * Periphrasis || is a device by which a grammatical category or relationship is expressed by a free morpheme (typically one or more function words modifying a content word), instead of being shown by inflection or derivation ||
 * Onomatopoeia || the use of imitative and naturally suggestive words for rhetorical effect

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