Vocab test 4

Consonance

Recurrence or repetition of consonants without similar correspondence of vowels, e.g., "And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds."

Contradiction

A direct opposition between things compared; inconsistency.

Deductive

The reasoning process by which a conclusion is drawn from a set of premises containing no more facts than these premises.

Delayed sentence

A sentence that withholds its main idea until the end, placing additional details before the basic statement.

Denotation

The dictionary definition of a word; the direct and specific meaning.

Diction

An author's choice of words to convey a tone or effect.

Didactic

Intended for teaching or to teach a moral lesson.

Elegy

Poem or prose lamenting the death of a particular person, e.g., Thomas Grey's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard."

Epigraph

Quote set at the beginning of a literary work or its divisions to set the tone or suggest a theme.

Epiphany

A sudden or intuitive insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, often triggered by a simple occurrence.