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Round Character
Multiple personality traits
Flat Character
Single personality trait
Dynamic Character
Multiple characteristics
Static character
Single characteristic
Diction
A writer's or speaker's choice of words
Denotation
The literal meaning of a word
Conotation
Implied meaning of a word
Syntax
Sentence structure
Prose
Any writing that is not poetry
Clause
a group of words with a subject and a verb
Dependent Clause
A phrase that can't stand alone as a complete sentence.
Independent Clause
A clause that can stand alone as a sentence
Simple Sentence
One independent clause (complete sentence)
Compound Sentence
two or more independent clauses
Complex Sentence
A sentence with one independent clause and one or more dependent clause
Compound-Complex Sentence
One or more dependent clauses and 2 or more independent clauses
Periodic sentence
A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.
Cumulative Sentence
An independent clause followed by one or more modifier
Rhetoric Triangle
Speaker, audience, subject
logical appeal
Method of persuasion based on evidence and reasoning
Ethos
Ethical appeal (credibility)
Pathos
Appeal to emotion
Logos
Appeal to logic
deductive reasoning
Proving hypothesis for reasoning
inductive reasoning
Specific to general
Meter
Number in types of stresses in a rhyme
Foot
the basic unit of rhythmic measurement in a line of poetry
Alliteration
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
Consonance
Repetition of consonant sounds
Near/Slant rhyme
words that almost rhyme
End rhyme
Rhyme that occurs at the end of two or more lines of poetry
Eternal rhyme
When words rhyme in the words
Apostrophe
address to an absent or imaginary person
Stanza
A group of lines in a poem
Quatrain
4 line stanza
Tropes
A plot structure or device that is used in storytelling
Juxtaposition
Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
Schemes
A creative alteration in the usual order of words
Chiasmus
a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases
Antithesis
Direct opposite
Anaphora
repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines
Synecdoche
A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
Intercalary Chapters
A chapter in a novel that is relevant to the theme
Motif
A repeated pattern: an image, sound, word, or symbol that comes back again and again
Theme
A central topic, subject, or message within a narrative
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
First-Person Omniscient
The narrator is a character in the story, but also knows the thoughts and feelings of all other characters
Third-Person Limited
The POV that uses a narrator with access to only one character’s perspective, a limited perspective
Third-Person Omniscient
A point of view where the narrator knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters
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
Personification
The act of giving human qualities or characteristics to something non-human
Simile
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words “like” or “as”
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
Hyperbole
A purposeful exaggeration not meant to be taken literally
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
Paradox
A statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true
Aphorism
A brief statement that expresses a general truth or principle about life
Rhetoric
The art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively especially as a way to persuade or influence people
Blanch
To take the color out
Auspicious
Favorable; promising
Courtesan
A prostitute with a courtly, wealthy, or upper-class clientele
Benign
Kind and gentle
Mollify
To calm or soothe
Raffish
Marked by a flashy vulgarity or crudeness (sometimes a positive for some people)
Attenuate
Reduce the force, effort, or value of
Dubious
Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
Implicit
Implied, though not plainly expressed
Apprehensive
Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will occur
Indubitably
Unquestionable; Without doubt
Spurious
Not genuine
Astute
Shrewd; Clever
Clandestine
Secretive
Smolder
Burn slowly with smoke but not flame
Methodical
Done according to a systematic or established form of procedure
Improvident
Not having or showing foresite; spendthrift
Gaudy
Extravagantly bright or showy
Spasmodic
Done in brief irregular bursts
Auxiliary
Providing additional or supplemental support
Pun
A play on words off how a word sounds or plays off another word
Double Entendre
A type of pun; saying something that has a second & sexual meaning
Euphemism
Lowering the harshness of a sentence by saying something nice
Disingenuous
Not straightforward; crafty
Ruse
A crafty trick
Promulgate
Promote or to make widely known
Surreptitiously
Done by secretive means
Endow
Provide with an asset
Lurid
Presented using very vivid details, especially giving explicit details of crime or sexual exploits
Feign
Pretend to be impacted by something
Ambivalent
Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
Dissonant
Lacking harmony
Baying
To bark or howl loudly
Capricious
Impulsive and unpredictable
Stolid
Calm, dependable, showing little emotion or animation
Coquettish
Flirtatious; behaving in a way to show playful sexual attraction
Affectation
Behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress
Whimsical
Playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way
Antithetical
Directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible
Ignominy
Public shame and disgrace
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