Literary terminology
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- Mono vs. poly syllabic
- One syllable vs. many/multi
- Euphonious vs. cacophonous
- Pleasant sounding vs. harsh sounding
- Denotative vs. connotative
- Exact meaning of a work vs. suggested/emotional meaning
- Literal vs. figurative
- Accurate without embellishment vs. comparison that creates a pictoral effect
- Active vs. passive
- States action vs. states being
- Objective vs. subjunctive
- Impersonal, unemotional vs. personal, emotional
- Concrete vs. abstract
- Specific, tangible (practical details and facts) vs. conceptual, philosophical
- Hyperbole (overstatement) vs. understatement
- Deliberate exaggeration of facts; used to impress vs. deliberate misrepresentation by using less
- Pedestrian vs. pedantic
- LaymanÂ’s terms vs. boorish, inflated language, attempting to display importance
- Vulgarity
- Language deficient in taste, unrefined, profane, base
- Slang
- Vernacul speech, numerous exaggerated, shortened for appeal
- Colloquial/dialect
- Regional, provincial
- Jargon
- Specific to a field or profession
- Assonance
- Repetition of same vowel sound
- Informal(standard/conversational/neutral)
- Correct with a conversational tone
- Formal (literate/high)
- Appropriate for formal occasions and often more abstract
- Consonance
- Repetition of consonant sounds
- Alliteration
- Repetition of initial consonant sounds
- Onomatopoeia
- Work is sound