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connotation - eeling that a word invokes in addition to literal or primary meaning. An implied/inferred meeting., denotation - the literal dictionary or primary meaning of a word, in contrast (or the opposite) to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests, prose - written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure. Not poetry, poetry - Words prganized into lines and stanzas. Meant to cause the reader to feel emotion, symbolism - the use of words or images to symbolize specific concepts, people, objects, or events, archetype - a perfect example or model of something. A type of character who represents a universal pattern, and appeals to our human collective unconscious. Ex: the hero, stereotype - generalized belief about a group of people. T, syntax - the set of rules that determines the arrangement of words in a sentence., omniscient - all-knowing; to know everything about all characters-even their thoughts and feelings, cliche' - a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought, synecdoche - a figure of speech in which a specific part of something is used to refer to the whole thingsomething is used to refer to the whole thing. something is used to refer to the whole thing., denouement - another name for resolution in a plot, oxymoron - a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction For example: “old news, organized chaos, jumbo shrimp”, paradox - a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true. For example: “The beginning of the end”, assonance - a figure of speech that is characterised by the use of words having similar vowel sounds consecutively., consonance - correspondence or recurrence of sounds or repetition of consonants especially at the end of stressed syllables without the similar correspondence of vowels (as in the final sounds of "stroke" and "luck"), alliteration - the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words., irony - whenever a person says or does something that is the opposite of what they or we) expect them to say or do., parable - a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, ethos - an effective argumentative and persuasive strategy because when the audience believes that the author is knowledgeable and genuine, the audience is more willing to listen and be persuaded., pathos - an effective persuasive* strategy because the audience may accept claims based on how the text makes them feel, rather than factual data., logos - an effective argumentative and persuasive strategy because when the audience is presented with factual, researched evidence supporting the claims, the audience is more likely to consider the claims valid, ballad - A ballad is a type of poem that tells a story and was traditionally set to music. English language ballads are typically composed of four-line stanzas that follow an ABCB rhyme scheme, sonnet - a fourteen line poem with a fixed rhyme scheme. This type of poetry mimics a song and usually explores romantic love, rhetoric - the art of speaking and writing effectively, logical fallacy - an argument that may sound convincing or true but is actually flawed, pathetic fallacy - the attribution of human emotion to inanimate objects, nature, or animals.,

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