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satire

a work that targets human vices and follies, or social institutions and conventions, from reform or ridicule.

simile

an explicit comparison, normally using “like,” “as,” or “if.”

style

consideration of style has two purposes:

• an evaluation of the sum of the choices an author makes in blending diction, syntax, figurative language, and other literary devices. can be flowery, explicit, succinct, rambling, bombastic, commonplace, incisive, or laconic

• classification of authors to a group and comparison of an author to similar authors

syllogism

Greek “reckoning together,” a deductive system of formal logic that presents two premises— that inevitably lead to a sound conclusion

• major premise: all men are mortal

• minor premise: Socrates is a man

• conclusion: therefore, Socrates is mortal.

symbol/symbolism

anything that represents or stands for something else.

• natural symbols use objects and occurrences from nature to represent ideas commonly associated with them

• conventional symbols are those that have been invested with meaning by a group

• literary symbols are conventional in the sense that they are found in a variety works and are generally recognized

syntax

the way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences,

tone

similar to mood, describes the author’s attitude toward his or her material, the audience, or both

transition

a word or phrase that links different ideas

understatement

the ironic minimizing of fact

• litotes: a figure of speech by which an affirmation is made indirectly by denying its opposite. EX: “It was no mean feat”

• meiosis: Greek term from understatement or belittling

wit

in modern usage, is intellectually amusing language that surprises and delights.