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ELA SAT Vocab 2 test
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Term | Definition |
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anecdote | a short story told to illustrate a point |
vignette | a brief literary sketch |
simile | a figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by "like" or "as" |
metaphor | a figure of speech in which two unrelated objects are compared |
personification | a figure of speech in which inanimate objects are endowed with human characteristics |
paradox | a seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true |
assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds within non-rhyming words |
verbal irony | saying one thing and implying something else, usually the opposite of the expressed meaning |
situational irony | an inconsistency between what is expected or intended and what actually occurs |
parallel structure | the repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that are similar in meaning and structure |
understatement | a figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important than it is |
hyperbole | the use of exaggerated language for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect |
allusion | a reference to a person, place, or thing, historical or literary, that adds to the reader's understanding of the subject |
parenthetical expression | an expression inserted into the flow of thought set off by parenthesis |
satire | the use of wit, irony, and sarcasm to make fun of human follies |
analogy | a comparison of an unfamiliar idea or object to a familiar one |
analogous | characterized by parallel similarity that permits the drawing of an analogy |
lampoon | to ridicule with satire |
eulogize | to praise with elegant words |
euphemism | a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept |