Literary Devices - Term Set #3 Flashcards
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Hubris
The excessive pride or ambition that leads a tragic hero to disregard warnings of impending doom, eventually causing his or her downfall
False Analogy
When two cases are not sufficiently parallel to lead readers to accept a claim of connection between them
Humor
Causes laughter or amusement
Inference
A conclusion one can draw from the presented details
Figurative Language
language that contains figures of speech in order to create associations that are imaginative rather than literal
Interior Monologue
Writing that records the conversation that occurs inside a character’s head.
Jargon
The special language of a profession or group, with implication that it is evasive, tedious, and unintelligible to outsiders
Foreshadowing
Use of a hint or clue to suggest a larger event that occurs later in the work.
Irony
A situation or statement in which the actual outcome or meaning is opposite to what is expected
Logic
The process of reasoning
Invective
A verbally abusive attack
Inversión
Reversing the customary (subject first, then verb, then compliment) order of elements in a sentence or phrase.
Figures Of Speech
Expressions that make imaginative, rather than literal, comparisons or associations
Image
A word or words, either figurative or literal, used to describe a sensory experience or an object perceived by the sense
Hyperbole
Deliberate exaggeration in order to create humor or emphasis
Freight-Train
Sentence consisting of three or more very short independent clauses joined by conjunctions
Genre
A type of literary work
Imagery
Words or phrases that use a collection of images to appeal to one or more of the five senses
Generalization
When a writer bases a claim upon an isolated example or asserts that a claim is certain rather than probable.
Induction
The process that moves from a given series of specifics to a generalization
