Vocabulary Words 3

adj. used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary

• Asyndeton

• Colloquial/Colloquialism

• Diction

• Epistrophe

n. a choice of words

• Asyndeton

• Motif

• Satire

• Diction

n. a subtle form of humor that involves saying things that are the opposite of what you really mean

• Satire

• Comic Relief

• Irony

• Metaphor

n. the use of irony to mock or convey contempt

• Anaphora

• Irony

• Satire

• Sarcasm

n. the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

• Irony

• Epistrophe

• Satire

• Motif

n. a releasing of emotional or other tension resulting from a comic episode interposed in the midst of serious or tragic elements in a drama

• Comic Relief

• Satire

• Sarcasm

• Motif

n. a character who contrasts with another character

• Personification

• Twin

• Foil

• Bildungsroman

n. a particular set of beliefs or ideas on which you base your judgment of things.

• Opinion

• Frame of Reference

• Religion

• Diction

n. a narrative device in which a storyteller gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

• Prediction

• Spoiler

• Aphorism

• Foreshadow

n. a class of novel that depicts and explores the manner in which the protagonist develops morally and psychologically.

• Classic

• Antithesis

• Polysendeton

• Bildungsroman