Tri-2 Week# 11 literary/rhetorical vocabulary flashcard

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Absolute

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a word free from limitations or qualifications (all, none, etc).

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Ballad

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A popular narrative song passed down orally following a form of rhymed quatrains(abab).

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Deductive reasoning

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instances in which a conclusion is reached by stating a general principle and then applying the principle to a specific case.

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Expletive

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Figure of emphasis in which a single word or short phrase, interupts normal writing, to lend emphasis to the words on either side.

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Implication

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A suggestion an author makes without stating it.

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Phillipic

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A bitter attack or denounciation, especial verbal.

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Romantic (literary genre)

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A literary movement from 1750-1870 that praised imagination over reason.

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Shakespeare wrote mainly in what type of meter and feet?

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iambic pentameter

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Situational irony

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A situation in which actions have an opposite effect than what is intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.

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Syllogism

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A two part deductive argument in which a conclusion is drawn (whether valid or not).