Week 19 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Rhetorical understatement
Meosis
the patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry.
Prosody
sleepy; drowsy
Somnolent
lukewarm showing little enthusiasm
Tepid
abundant in supply or quantity.
Copious
a blessing, especially at the end of a religious service.
Benediction
absurd or nonsensical talk or idea
Claptrap
a sculpture or model of a person.
Effigy
a sculpture or model of a person.
Surreal
eager or quick to argue or fight;
Truculent
Wildly unreasonable
Absurd
The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding though action or experience
Cognition
An account or theory of the origin of the universe
Cosmology
Of or relating to existence
Existential
An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way
An propensity
jeweled crown or headband worn as a symbol of sovereignty
Diadem
scholarly or rarefied in
Highbrow
understood or implied without being stated.
Tacit
the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, usually something commonly associated with the noun for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing.
Metonymy
The anticipation and answering of possible objections in rhetorical speech. 2.)the representation of a thing as existing before it actually does or did so, as in he was a dead man when he entered.
Prolepsis