Basic Terminology For Style Analysis Pre-Assessment

Word choice intended to convey a certain effect.

• diction

• denotation

• connotation

• imagery

A regional or social variety of language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar or vocabulary, especially a variety of speech differing from the standard literary language or pattern of the culture in which it exists.

• Colloquial language

• Dialect

• Connotation

• Denotation

A word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• imagery

The basic dictionary meaning of a word

• denotation

• connotation

An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word

• Denotation

• Connotation

Which of the following statements is FALSE

• Visual imagery appeals to the sense of sight

• Auditory imagery appeals to the sense of hearing

• Papillary imagery appeals to the sense of smell

• Tactile imagery appeals to the sense of touch

• Gustatory imagery appeals to the sense of taste

Language that describes qualities that can be perceived with the senses or that can be precisely located in a piece of literature

• Formal

• Informal

• Abstract

• Concrete

Language that describes qualities that cannot be perceived with the five senses.

• Imagery

• Anti-imagery

• Concrete

• Abstract

Writing or speech that is not meant to be interpreted literally. This technique adds color or meaning-- often deeper and more complex than the literal meaning of words.

• Diction

• Detail

• Figurative Language

• Colloquial Language

A form of personification in which the absent, dead, or inanimate are spoken to as if present or animate.

• Metaphor

• Metonymy

• Elegy

• Apostrophe