Vocabulary

= **Define and be able to apply the following literary terminology. These terms will be used throughout the course**. =

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1. Abstract language 2. Ad hominem 3. Allegory 4. Allusion 5. Analogy 6. Anaphora 7. Anecdote 8. Annotation 9. Antecedent 10. Antithesis 11. Aphorism 12. Apostrophe 13. Assonance 14. Asyndeton 15. Balance 16. Cacophony 17. Casual Relationships 18. Chiasmus 19. Citation 20. Clause 21. Colloquialism 22. Common Knowledge 23. Conceit 24. Connotation 25. Consonance 26. Cumulative Sentence 27. Deductive Reasoning 28. Denotation 29. Diction 30. Didactic 31. Either – Or Reasoning 32. Ellipsis 33. Elliptical Sentence 34. Emotional Appeal 35. Equivocation 36. Ethical Appeal 37. Euphemism 38. Euphony 39. Exposition 40. False Analogy 41. Figurative Language 42. Generalization 43. Homily 44. Hyperbole 45. Imagery 46. Inductive Reasoning 47. Invective 48. Inverted Sentence 49. Irony: a) verbal b) dramatic c) situational 50. Litotes 51. Logic 52. Logical Appeal  53. Logical Fallacy 54. Metaphor 55. Metonymy  56. Mood 57. Narrative 58. Non-Sequitur  59. Onomatopoeia 60. Oversimplification 61. Oxymoron  62. Parable 63. Paradox 64. Parallelism  65. Parody 66. Pathos 67. Periodic Sentence  68. Persona 69. Personification 70. Persuasion  71. Point of view: a) first person b) third person limited c) third person omniscient 72. Polysyndeton 73. Post Hoc 74. Red Herring 75. Refutation 76. Repetition 77. Rhetoric 78. Rhetorical Modes: a) exposition b) argumentation c) description d) narration 79. rhetorical question 80. Satire 81. Sarcasm 82. Sentence Structure: a) simple b) compound c) complex 83. Simile 84. Straw Man 85. Stream of Consciousness  86. Style 87. Syllogism 88. Symbolism  89. Synecdoche 90. Syntax 91. Synthesis  92. Theme 93. Thesis 94. Tone  95. Transitions 96. Tricolon 97. Understatement  98. Verbatim 99. Voice: a) active b) passive  100. Zeugma