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Quiz 2 Key Terms
Quiz 2 key terms
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English
Undergraduate 1
02/23/2013

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Connotation
Definition
The meaning that words suggest; the overtones of words beyond their bare dictionary definition or denotations as with “leave”, “get away” “depart” “Vamoose” which have the same meaning but different connotes. Broader word referring to what the word suggests.
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Denotation
Definition
The standard minimal meaning of words without implications and connotations.
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Diction
Definition
Word choice, types of words, level of language.
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Epic
Definition
A long narrative poem elevating character, speech and action
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Imagery
Definition
A single mental creation to images throughout a work or works of a writer or group of writers
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Metaphor
Definition
A short concentrated poem or song usually meditative often personal and sometimes philosophical.
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Apostrophe
Definition
The addressing of a discourse to a real or imagined person who is not present also a speech to an abstract.
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Simile
Definition
A figure of speech using “ like” with nouns and “as” with clauses
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Syntax
Definition
Word order and sentence structure an important mark of style, a writers syntactical patterns depending on the rhetorical needs of the literary work.
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Symbolism
Definition
A specific words that stand for ideas
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Personification
Definition
Figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to non-human things
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Persona
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Personality
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Tone
Definition
Techniques and modes of presenting that reveal attitudes.
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