Non-fiction A work that draws its information from history or fact, John Adams, David [Non-fik-shuhn] rather than the imagination. McCullough Parody A literary form in which the style of an author or particular The clowns in Dr. Faustus [par-uh-dee] work is mocked in its style for the sake of comic effect. Prose Writing distinguished from poetry by its greater variety of Any fiction or nonfiction is [Prohz] rhythm and its closer resemblance to the patterns of prose everyday speech. Satire A literary work which exposes and ridicules human vices Jonathan swift's "Gulliver's [sat-ahyuhr] or folly. Historically perceived as tending toward Travels" satirizes the English didacticism, it is usually intended as a moral criticism people, making them seem directed against the injustice of social wrongs. dwarfish in their ability to deal with large thoughts, issues, or deeds. A literary mode based on criticism of people and society through ridicule. Sermon An oration by a prophet or member of the clergy. in the Hands of an “Sinners [sur-muhn] Angry God” Jonathon Edwards A technique that records the multifarious thoughts and piece of dangling driftwood “A feelings of a character without regard to logical or caught his attention and his narrative sequence. The writer attempts by the stream of eyes followed it down the consciousness to reflect all the forces, external and current. How slowly it internal, influencing the psychology of a character at a appeared to move! What a single moment. sluggish stream!” “Occurrence at ,” Ambrose Bierce Strategies that aid the attempt to sway the mind of the audience Rhetorical Strategies: Term and Pronunciation Definition Example Student Notes Allusion An indirect or passing reference to me Gargantua's “You must borrow [uh-loo-zhuhn] some event, person, place or artistic mouth first. 'Tis a word too great for work, the nature and relevance of which any mouth of this age's size.” is not explained by the writer but relies on the with what is reader’s familiarity thus mentioned. Ambiguity Something of doubtful meaning; an open-ended conclusion to Young ’s [am-bi-gyoo-i-tee] Goodman Brown expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context, may have more than one meaning
Non-fiction [Non-fik-shuhn] A work that draws its information from history or fact, rather than the imagination. John Adams, David McCullough Parody [par-uh-dee] A literary form in which the style of an author or particular work is mocked in its style for the sake of comic effect. The clowns in Dr. Faustus Prose [Prohz] Writing distinguished from poetry by its greater variety of rhythm and its closer resemblance to the patterns of everyday speech. Any fiction or nonfiction is prose Satire [sat-ahyuhr] A literary work which exposes and ridicules human vices or folly. Historically perceived as tending toward didacticism, it is usually intended as a moral criticism directed against the injustice of social wrongs. Jonathan swift's "Gulliver's Travels" satirizes the English people, making them seem dwarfish in their ability to deal with large thoughts, issues, or deeds. A literary mode based on criticism of people and society through ridicule. Sermon [sur-muhn] An oration by a prophet or member of the clergy. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Jonathon Edwards A technique that records the multifarious thoughts and feelings of a character without regard to logical or narrative sequence. The writer attempts by the stream of consciousness to reflect all the forces, external and internal, influencing the psychology of a character at a single moment. “A piece of dangling driftwood caught his attention and his eyes followed it down the current. How slowly it appeared to move! What a sluggish stream!” “Occurrence at ,” Ambrose Bierce Rhetorical Strategies: Strategies that aid the attempt to sway the mind of the audience Term and Pronunciation Definition Example Student Notes Allusion [uh-loo-zhuhn] An indirect or passing reference to some event, person, place or artistic work, the nature and relevance of which is not explained by the writer but relies on the reader’s familiarity with what is thus mentioned. “You must borrow me Gargantua's mouth first. 'Tis a word too great for any mouth of this age's size.” Ambiguity [am-bi-gyoo-i-tee] Something of doubtful meaning; an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context, may have more than one meaning open-ended conclusion to ’s Young Goodman Brown
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