RTOD

Definitions

Shift

Usually the second half of a peice→ tone or POV “the hinge”

Binary

opposing force → To explore differences, or the gray area inbetween

→ labeled a/b

→ lead vs to the tension/conflict in the text

Diction

Word choice, particularly as an element of style → different types of words have diff effects/meaning

Allusion

An indirect reference to something (plays, songs, lit, text, speech) in which the reader is familiar with

Figurative language

Not taken seriously

Similie

“Like” or “as”, implied comparison→ same as metaphors

Extended metaphor/Conceit

Simply a metaphor but it continues the metaphor across multiple paragraphs

Syntax

Grammatical arrangement of words & phrases to create sentances

Antithesus

The juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas → often in parallel sides/structures

Personification

Giving human like qualities to something that is not human

Chiasmus

a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form

Anaphora

A type of repitition→Words repeat at the begining of clauses, phrases, or sentances

Motonymy

The substitution of the name of an attribute for that of the thing itself “The pen is mightier than the sword”

Synedoche

A part of something used to refer to the whole

Polysyndeton

Intentionally uses a series of conjunctions: the deliberate and exessive use of conjections in successive clauses, build up intensity

Asyndeton

The omission of conjunctions between related clauses

Tone

The attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a certain subject

Understatement

the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.

Hyperbole

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Symbol

a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g. the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation.

Paradox

a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logicallyunacceptable, or self-contradictory

Anecdote

A short story

Jaxtaposition

the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

Ellipsis

the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues. (…)

Epistrophe

1. the repetition of a word at the end of successive clausesor sentences.

Anadiplosis

repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next.

Compound sentence

use it has two independent clauses

Complex Sentence

A sentence that contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

Subordination conjunction

A conjunction that introduces a subordinate clause, indicating the relationship between the dependent clause and the main clause.

subordinating conjunction

A conjunction that introduces a subordinate clause, indicating the relationship between the dependent clause and the main clause.

compound complex sentence

A sentence that contains at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.