Knapp Lit Terms

All the bottom text words to know and all the parts of speech she reviewed in class with us.

Desolate

Without inhabitants; Barren

Solace

Comfort in sorrow or distress

Hue

Appearance; Color

Providence

An instance of divine care or guidance

Sentinel

A guard

Vanquish

To defeat in battle

Aloof

Distant

Procure

To get by special effort; Obtain

Commodity

Something useful; An article of commerce

Feigned

Not real; Pretended

Metaphor

Comparison not using like or as

Extended Metaphor

A metaphor carried throughout the whole paper

Personification

Giving inanimate objects human-like abilities

Hyperbole

An extreme exaggeration

Allusion

A reference to something typically commonly known (Biblical, Historical, Mythological, Literary)

Archaic Language

Old English (e.g., Thy and Thou)

Inverted Syntax

When the word order of the text is backwards

Recompense

Payment in return for something such as a service

Succorless

Without help or relief

Repine

To complain or fret; to long for something

Chide

To scold mildly so as to correct or improve

Pathos

Appealing to emotion (e.g., dog advertisement)

Ethos

Credibility, reliability (e.g., name, title, institution, Bible)

Logos

Logic and reason (e.g., cause and effect, statistics)

Tone

How the author feels toward a character or subject matter

Apostrophe

Talking to someone that is not present or dead

Simile

A comparison using like or as

Alliteration

Repetition of the same sound

Diction

Choice of words (elevated diction)

Point of View

1st Person (I), 2nd Person (We, Us), 3rd Person (Them, They)

P.I.E (3 Types of Purpose)

Persuade, Inform, Entertain

Wrath

Fierce anger, or punishment resulting from such anger

Appease

To bring peace, quiet, or calm to; soothe

Loathsome

Arousing great dislike

Major

To regard with disgust

Abominable

Thoroughly detestable

Ascribe

To attribute to a special cause or source

Incense

To cause to be extremely angry

Deliverance

Rescue from danger

Mitigation

Lessening of something that causes suffering

Inconceivable

Not able to be understood or imagined

Asunder

Into separate parts or pieces

Exquisite

Sharply intense

Fain

Rather

Affections

Feelings or emotions

Closets

Private rooms for meditation

Suffered

Permitted

Whet

Sharpened