Vocab Terms & Literary Terms

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Contains both K. Rod's Literary & Vocab words

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Round Character

Multiple personality traits

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Flat Character

Single personality trait

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Dynamic Character

Multiple characteristics

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Static character

Single characteristic

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Diction

A writer's or speaker's choice of words

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Denotation

The literal meaning of a word

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Conotation

Implied meaning of a word

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Syntax

Sentence structure

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Prose

Any writing that is not poetry

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Clause

a group of words with a subject and a verb

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Dependent Clause

A phrase that can't stand alone as a complete sentence.

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Independent Clause

A clause that can stand alone as a sentence

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Simple Sentence

One independent clause (complete sentence)

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Compound Sentence

two or more independent clauses

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Complex Sentence

A sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clause

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Compound-Complex Sentence

One or more dependent clauses and 2 or more independent clauses

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Periodic sentence

A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.

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Cumulative Sentence

An independent clause followed by one or more modifier

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Rhetoric Triangle

Speaker, audience, subject

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logical appeal

Method of persuasion based on evidence and reasoning

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Ethos

Ethical appeal (credibility)

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Pathos

Appeal to emotion

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Logos

Appeal to logic

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deductive reasoning

Proving hypothesis for reasoning

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inductive reasoning

Specific to general

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Meter

Number in types of stresses in a rhyme

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Foot

the basic unit of rhythmic measurement in a line of poetry

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Alliteration

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Assonance

Repetition of vowel sounds

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Consonance

Repetition of consonant sounds

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Near/Slant rhyme

words that almost rhyme

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End rhyme

Rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry

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Eternal rhyme

When words rhyme in the words

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Apostrophe

address to an absent or imaginary person

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Stanza

A group of lines in a poem

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Quatrain

4 line stanza

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Tropes

A plot structure or device that is used in storytelling

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Juxtaposition

Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

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Schemes

A creative alteration in the usual order of words

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Chiasmus

a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases

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Antithesis

Direct opposite

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Anaphora

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines

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Synecdoche

A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole

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Metonymy

A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it

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Intercalary Chapters

A chapter in a novel that is relevant to the theme

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Motif

A repeated pattern: an image, sound, word, or symbol that comes back again and again

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Theme

A central topic, subject, or message within a narrative

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First-Person Limited

A narrative perspective where the story is told from the viewpoint of one character using “I” or “we”; reader only has access to thoughts, feelings, and experiences

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First-Person Omniscient

The narrator is a character in the story, but also knows the thoughts and feelings of all other characters

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Third-Person Limited

The POV that uses a narrator with access to only one character’s perspective, a limited perspective

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Third-Person Omniscient

A point of view where the narrator knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters

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Third-Person Objective

The narrator simply describe what is happening to the characters in the story and does not show us anyone’s thoughts or feelings

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Personification

The act of giving human qualities or characteristics to something non-human

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Simile

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”

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Metaphor

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them

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Hyperbole

A purposeful exaggeration not meant to be taken literally

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Allusion

A reference to a well-known person, character, place, or event that a writer makes to deepen the reader’s understanding of their work

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Paradox

A statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true

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Aphorism

A brief statement that expresses a general truth or principle about life

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Rhetoric

The art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people

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Blanch

To take the color out

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Auspicious

Favorable; promising

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Courtesan

A prostitute with a courtly, wealthy, or upper-class clientele

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Benign

Kind and gentle

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Mollify

To calm or soothe

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Raffish

Marked by a flashy vulgarity or crudeness (sometimes a positive for some people)

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Attenuate

Reduce the force, effort, or value of

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Dubious

Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity

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Implicit

Implied, though not plainly expressed

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Apprehensive

Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will occur

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Indubitably

Unquestionable; Without doubt

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Spurious

Not genuine

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Astute

Shrewd; Clever

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Clandestine

Secretive

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Smolder

Burn slowly with smoke but not flame

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Methodical

Done according to a systematic or established form of procedure

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Improvident

Not having or showing foresite; spendthrift

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Gaudy

Extravagantly bright or showy

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Spasmodic

Done in brief irregular bursts

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Auxiliary

Providing additional or supplemental support

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Pun

A play on words off how a word sounds or plays off another word

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Double Entendre

A type of pun; saying something that has a second & sexual meaning

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Euphemism

Lowering the harshness of a sentence by saying something nice

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Disingenuous

Not straightforward; crafty

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Ruse

A crafty trick

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Promulgate

Promote or to make widely known

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Surreptitiously

Done by secretive means

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Endow

Provide with an asset

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Lurid

Presented using very vivid details, especially giving explicit details of crime or sexual exploits

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Feign

Pretend to be impacted by something

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Ambivalent

Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain

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Dissonant

Lacking harmony

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Baying

To bark or howl loudly

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Capricious

Impulsive and unpredictable

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Stolid

Calm, dependable, showing little emotion or animation

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Coquettish

Flirtatious; behaving in a way to show playful sexual attraction

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Affectation

Behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress

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Whimsical

Playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way

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Antithetical

Directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible

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Ignominy

Public shame and disgrace

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