Vocab 4 Flashcards
(27 cards)
Synthesis
The combination of ideas to form a theory or system
Sensory language
Language that connects to the five senses to create an image or description
Ellipsis
The omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction that is grammatically complete (…)
Implication
The conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated
Understatement
A figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it actually is
Elegy
A mournful poem, usually written in remembrance of a lost one for a funeral or as lament
Passive voice
A grammatical construction where the noun or noun phrase that would be the object of an active sentence appears as the subject of a sentence with passive voice
Eulogy
A commemorative speech or piece of writing in praise of someone who has recently died, or someone who is leaving, such as a retiree
Ambivalence
The state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
Candid
Truthful and straightforward
Aesthetic
Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty
Superfluous
Being beyond what is required or sufficient
Ambiguity
Open to more than one interpretation, inexactness
Caricature
A picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect
Litotes
Ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary
Invective
Insulting, abusive, or highly critical language
Satire
The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of politics and other topical issues
Syllogism
A subtle, specious, or crafty argument
Synecdoche
A figure of speech in which a part is made the whole or vice versa
Pivotal
Of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else
Egregious
Outstandingly bad, shocking
Parochial
Relating to a church parish
Idiosyncrasy
A mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual
Feigned
Pretended
