Jagd List 2
Terms
undefined, object
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- linguistics
- person skilled in speech or languages
- metaphor
- use of a word denoting one kind of object or idea in place of another to suggest a likeness between them
- mood/tone
- state of mind or emotion (manner of speaking)
- objective
- existing outside an individual’s thoughts or feelings
- paradox
- statement that seems contrary to common sense yet is perhaps true
- parallelism
- similar
- parody
- humorous or satirical imitation
- pathos
- element evoking pity
- pedantic
- characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
- prose
- ordinary language without metrical structure
- pun
- humorous use of a word in a way that suggests two interpretations
- rationalism
- the theory that the exercise of reason, rather than experience, authority, or spiritual revelation, provides the primary basis for knowledge
- rhetoric
- art of speaking or writing effectively
- satire
- literary ridicule done with humor
- semantics
- the study or science of meaning in language; the meaning or the interpretation of a word, sentence, or other language form
- soliloquy
- dramatic monologue
- style
- distinctive way of speaking, writing, or acting
- subjective
- deriving from an individual viewpoint or bias
- syntax
- way in which words are put together
- syllogism
- deductive argument consisting of two premises and a conclusion
- symbol
- something that represents or suggests another thing
- surrealism
- a 20th-century literary and artistic movement that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious and is characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter
- thesis
- a proposition that is maintained by argument
- transition
- passage from one subject to another in discourse; a word, phrase, sentence, or series of sentences connecting one part of a discourse to another
- vernacular
- the standard native language of a country or locality (dialect)