American Seminar Semester 1 Review: Terms

Tone

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

Apostrophe

a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person

Catalog

presents information in a 'list' format

Onamatopoeia

the use of a word or phrase that imitates/suggests the sound of what it describes(ex: 'tick tock' of a clock)

Consonance

Repetition of consonant sounds not at beginning of words

Internal Rhyme

rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end

Assonance

Repetition of vowel sounds

Imagery

Description that appeals to the senses

Alliteration

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

Allusion

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event, typically biblical

Refrain

A line or set of lines repeated several times over the course of a poem.

Foil

A character who acts as a contrast to another character

Paradox

a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true

Covenant

A binding agreement

Oversoul

a divine spirit supposed to pervade the universe and to encompass all human souls, where we return at death

Rhetorical Question

A question asked merely for effect with no answer expected.

Grace

God's gift of friendship and life that enables us to share his life and love, given something you do not deserve

Mercy

not getting a deserved punished

Sovereign

God's complete and total power

Pun

A play on words

Personification

the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

Election

God's decision on who will be saved

Total Depravity

a state of corruption due to original sin that infects every part of man's nature and to make the natural man unable to know or obey God.

Metaphor

A comparison of two like objects

God's providence

God's will, what he intervenes with is meant to be