Terms 59 - 69 Flashcards
Definition: Have been invested with meaning by a group
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Ex. Religious symbols like the cross or national symbols like the eagle
Conventional Symbol
Definition: Sometimes conventional in the sense they are found in a variety of works and are genrerally recognized
Purpose:
Ex. Whale in Moby Dick
Literary Symbol
Definition: The way an author chooses to join words into phrases or clauses and sentencce (groups of words)
**Purpose: **
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Syntax
Definition: Central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life
Purpose:
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Theme
Definition: The sentence or group of sentences that directly expresses the author’s opnion, purpose, meaning, or proposition
Purpose:
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Thesis
Definition: Describes the author’s attitude toward his or her material, the audience, or both
Purpose:
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Tone
Definition: A word or phrase that links different ideas
Purpose: Signal a shift from one idea to another
Ex. Furthermore, consequently, nevertheless
Transition
Definition: Ironic minimalizing of fact
Purpose: Presents something as less significant than it is. Humorous and emphatic effect.
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Understatement
Definition: Intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights.
**Purpose: **Humorous but suggest verbal power in ingenius and perceptive remarks.
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Wit
Definition: A writer’s intellectual position or emotion regarding the subject of the writing
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Attitude
Definition: Details from the passage
Purpose: Provide evidence
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Concrete Detail
