Terms 121-139 Flashcards
Surrealism
an artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control
Syllepsis
a construction in which one word is used in two different senses (“After he threw the ball, he threw a fit.”)
Syllogism
a three-part deductive argument in which a conclusion is based on a major premise and a minor premise (“All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore, Socrates is mortal.”)
Symbol
an object that is used to represent something else
Synecdoche
using one part of an object to represent the entire object (for example, referring to a car simply as “wheels”)
Synesthesia
describing one kind of sensation in terms of another (“a loud color,” “a sweet sound”)
Syntax
the manner in which words are arranged into sentences
Tautology
needless repetition which adds no meaning or understanding (“widow woman,” “free gift”)
Theme
a central idea of a work
Thesis
the primary position taken by a writer or speaker
Tone
the attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience
Topic
the subject treated in a paragraph or work
Tragedy
a work in which the protagonist, a person of high degree, is engaged in a significant struggle and which ends in ruin or destruction
Trilogy
a work in three parts, each of which is a complete work in itself
Trite
overused and hackneyed
