Vocab final 1 2024

Allegory: A narrative that uses symbols to convey a deeper moral or political meaning.

Irony: A contrast between expectation and reality, often highlighting the opposite of what is anticipated.

Connotation: The emotional or cultural association attached to a word, beyond its literal meaning.

Metonymy: A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated.

Analogy: A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

Vernacular: The everyday language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.

Antecedent: A word, phrase, or clause that is referred to by a pronoun or other word later in the sentence.

Parallelism: The use of similar grammatical structures in a series of phrases or clauses to create a rhythm and enhance the clarity of the writing.

Oxymoron: A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear in conjunction, such as "deafening silence" or "bittersweet."

Onomatopoeia: A word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.

Paradox: A statement that seems self-contradictory or absurd but may in fact express a possible truth.

Satire: The use of humor, irony, or ridicule to criticize or mock individuals or societal norms.

Colloquial: Informal language or expressions that are typically used in conversation rather than formal speech or writing.

Synesthesia: an author's blending of human senses to describe an object. Phrases like a “loud dress” or a “chilly gaze” blend our sensory modalities

Denotation: The literal or primary meaning of a word, as opposed to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.

Understatement: A figure of speech in which something is presented as less significant than it actually is, often for ironic effect.

Antithesis: A rhetorical device where two opposing ideas are contrasted in a parallel structure.

Apathetic: Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

Haughty: blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior.

Ambiguity: The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.

Malicious: Characterized by a desire to cause harm or suffering to others.

Synecdoche: A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.

Litotes: ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary (e.g., you won't be sorry, meaning you'll be glad ).

syllogism: a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion