Infamous Vocab #10: Style - Voice

Style - Voice

Style

Any of the characteristic ways an author uses language; elements of style = word choice, length, and complexity of sentences, imagery, symbols, sound and rhythm

Stylistic Analysis

The analysis of style in literature that concentrates on the choices available to the writer, chiefly, vocab, syntax, and diction

Suspense

A device used to hold the attention of a reader, uses anxious uncertainty

Syllogism

A formula for logical argument; Major premise - Minor Premise - Conclusion

Symbol

Something that stands for or represents something else, esp. an idea, quality or condition

Syntax

The way the words and phrases of a sentence are arranged to show how they relate to each other - sentence structure

Synecdoche

Figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole or the whole signifies the part

Terza Rima

A rhyming verse stanza form that consists of an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme. ABA BCB CDC DED

Theme

The topic or subject with which a literary work deals, the main focus

Tone

Author’s attitude toward the subject

Understatement

A statement that expresses a fact too weakly or less emphatically than it should - often used for humorous effect

Verbal Irony

Sarcasm - saying the opposite of what is intended

Verisimilitude

Having the quality or state of the appearance of truth

Verse Form

The specified formula/pattern for a particular stanza

Vignette

A literary sketch or short verbal description

Voice

Who is speaking in a literary work; not necessarily or always the author