Glossary #1 Flashcards

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Impact- Jargon

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Creates barriers in communication and prevents effective communication with audience if they don't understand

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1. Language or dialect of a particular country. 2. Language or dialect of a regional clan or group. 3. Plain everyday speech

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A term used to describe fiction, nonfiction or poetry that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking.

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How-to and self-help books, instruction manuals, the turtle and the rabbit.

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A folk saying with a lesson.

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Better safe than sorry, slow and steady wins the race

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Teach a lesson

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A story, fictional or nonfictional, in which characters, things, and events represent qualities or concepts. The interaction of these characters, things, and events is meant to reveal an abstraction or a truth.

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Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies

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They reveal an abstraction or a truth, create a deeper meaning

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A terse statement which expresses a general truth or moral principle. An aphorism can be a memorable summation of the author's point.

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“God helps them that help themselves,” , “A watched pot never boils.”

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Allow an idea to be conveyed in few words

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The deliberate omission of a word or phrase from prose done for effect by the author.

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“The whole day, rain, torrents of rain., ”To be or not to be… that is the question."

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it represents silence or a pause as if the speaker trailed off

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A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for generally unpleasant words or concepts can be used for political correctness or to exaggerate correctness to add humor

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"physically challenged" instead of cripples, or "vertically challenged" instead of short,

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Makes it less offensive, helps avoid offending others, and keeps peace

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Opposite of literal language (writing that makes complete sense when you take it at face value). This is writing that is not meant to be taken literally.

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An analogy is a comparison of one pair of variables to a parallel set of variables. Similes and metaphors are sometimes also analogies

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“America is to the world as the hippo is to the jungle.” "Battery is to the flashlight as the engine is to the car"

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To show that the relationship of the first variables is the same as the relationship of the second pair.

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An exaggeration

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"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" "I cried a river"

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Creates emphasis, imagery, and conveys emotion/intensity.

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A common, often used expression that doesn’t make sense if you take it literally

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"It's raining cats and dogs"

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Adds imagery, makes it more memorable and engaging for readers

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Making an implied comparison, not using “like,” as,” or other such words. An extended metaphor is when the metaphor is continued later in the written work. A particularly elaborate extended metaphor is called using conceit.

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Example- "The store was a zoo" Nonexample- "The store was like a zoo"

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Helps create clear imagery

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Replacing an actual word or idea, with a related word or concept

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"I'm going for a meeting with the suits from head office." "I could not understand his tongue,”

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Creates images, and adds a deeper meaning and emphasis

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A kind of metonymy when a whole is represented by naming one of its parts, or vice versa.

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"All hands on deck.", "Check out my new wheels.”

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This allows the writer to express ideas in fewer words and creates a deeper meaning by having the readers consider the deeper meaning rather than just the statement.

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Using words such as “like” or “as” to make a direct comparison between two very different things.

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Example- We are like two peas in a pod Nonexample- We are two peas in a pod

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Show comparison and create a more descriptive image

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a description involving a “crossing of the senses.”

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“A purplish scent filled the room.” “I was deafened by his brightly-colored clothing.”

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It gets readers to think and perceive their senses better to create a deeper description.

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Giving human-like qualities to something that is not human.

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"The trees danced in the wind"

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Adds life to parts of a story to make it more entertaining and engaging