English3 Vocabulary 1

terms free from limitation or controls (best, worst, all, everyone, unique)

a familiar proverb or wise saying

a literary work in which characters, objects, or actions represent abstractions

an argument attacking an individual's character rather than his or her position on an issue

the repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words

a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical

a comparison of two different things which are similar in some way

the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences

a brief narrative which focuses on a particular incident or event

the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers

a statement in which two opposing ideas are balanced

a concise statement which expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance

a figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstractionism

a detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke strong responses

a statement of the meaning or main point of a literary work

an expression in shich elements are presented in a series without conjunctions

a sentence in which words, phrases, or clauses are set off against each other to emphasize a contrast

insincere or overly sentimental pathos

a statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed.

an expression that has been overused to an extent that its freshness has worn off

the point of highest interest in a literary work

informal words or expressions not usually acceptable in formal writing

a sentence with one independent clause with at least one dependent clause

a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions