Literary and Grammatical Terms Defined

The Pace: Sound Repetition

It is pleasing to the ear, a feeling that is produced by the repetition of sounds at regular intervals.

The Lyric: Expressing Emotions

It is the literary genre in which emotions and feelings, like those of the author, are expressed.

Rhythmic Effect: Sound & Structure

This effect is achieved by using procedures based on the repetition of sounds, words, and structures.

The Metric: Verse Structure & Rhythm

It studies the extent of verses and their combinations to discover the rhythm of a poem.

• Measuring a Verse

  To measure a verse is to count the number of syllables it has.

• The Synalepha

  If the last syllable of a word in a verse ends in a vowel and the first syllable of the next word begins with a vowel, the two come together into one metrical syllable.

Poetic Language: Expressive Use

This refers to the special use of language performed on text for the expressive purpose of creation and beauty.

Literature: Artistic Expression

It is a form of artistic expression by humans.

Image: Recreating Reality

It is the medium an author uses to recreate the sensation that poetically suggests a reality.

• Synesthesia

  A type of image by means of which feelings attributed to one sense are perceived by another.

Hyperbole: Exaggerated Representation

It is an exaggerated representation of reality.

Metonymy

This involves the use of one word for another with which it maintains a relation of part/whole or container/contained.

Symbol: Associated Meaning

An image that refers to a meaning systematically associated with it by an author.

Grammatical Terms

• Adverbial Phrase

  It is a set of words whose kernel is an adverb.

• Adverb

  An invariable word that complements a verb, adjective, or another adverb.

• Adverbial (Group of Words)

  A group of inseparable words that functions as an adverb.

• Adverbial (Circumstantial)

  Expresses the circumstances (place, manner, time, quantity, cause, etc.) of the verbal action.

• Adjectival Phrase

  It is a set of words whose kernel is a descriptive adjective.

• Adjective: Noun Attribute

  An attribute that refers to the noun.

Attribute: Noun & Copula Complement

It complements both a noun or pronoun (with which it agrees in gender and number) and a copula.

Sentences with a copula and an attribute are called attributive sentences.

Predicate Complement

It refers to both a noun or pronoun (with which it agrees in gender and number) and a non-copulative verb.

Technical Terms

These are words that are used with a specific meaning in a particular area of expertise.

Interrogative & Exclamatory Words

Words like how, what, when, where, and by whom, or exclamations indicating interrogation, often with accents.