Literary Terms 4

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the insertion of words, phrases, or a sentence that is not syntactically related to the rest of the sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Appeal to emotion

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

a particular attitude or way of considering a matter.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

the use, for rhetorical effect, of more conjunctions than is necessary or natural

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4