Lawson Summer Reading Test Terms Flashcards
(20 cards)
Allusion
a brief indirect reference to a person, place, or event
Alliteration
Repetition of the initial consonant sound
Anaphora
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of many clauses, I need, I need, I need
Antithesis
a rhetorical term that contrasts in balanced phrases or clauses, We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools
Aphorism
a brief statement or opinion, a statement of truth or pinnacle
Appositive
a noun that is replaced by another word to rename it
Assonance
the repetition of similar vowel sounds
Chiasmus
a type of antithesis in which the second half is the reverse of the first half
Epithet
a rhetorical term for an adjective used to characterize a person or thing
Euphemism
the substitution of an inoffensive expression for one considered offensively explicit
Hyperbole
an exaggeration is ued
Irony
Three different types convey the opposite
Memoir
a creative form of nonfiction where the author recounts on experiences from their life
Oxymoron
a figure of speech in which a statement appears to contradict itself
Pardox
a figure of speech in which a statment appears to contradict itself
Personification
a figure of speech where non human objects are given human qualites
Premise
a proposition in which an argument is based from which a conclusion is drawn
Similes
a comparison using like or as
Vignette
a verbal sketch, a brief essay,
Zeugma
a rhetorical term for the use of a word to modify or govern two or more words although its use may be grammatically or logically correct
