NYSTCE ELA CST, Exam Preview, Terms
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Misplaced modifier - ✔✔-a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its
placement in a sentence: e.g., 'when young' in
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NYSTCE ELA CST, Exam Preview, Terms
Summary & Definition. 100% Masytery.
Misplaced modifier - ✔✔-a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its
placement in a sentence: e.g., 'when young' in 'when young, circuses appeal to all of us'
assonance - ✔✔-the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
parallel structure - ✔✔-the repetition of phrases, clauses, or sentences that have the same grammatical
structure
dissonance - ✔✔-Harsh, inharmonious, or discordant sounds
Perlocution - ✔✔-The effects of something said. (I say, "it's hot" and someone opens a window).
blank verse - ✔✔-unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter)
iambic pentemeter - ✔✔-lines that ideally have five stressed and five unstressed syllables
logos - ✔✔-an appeal based on logic or reason
pathos - ✔✔-quality in drama, speech, literature, music, or events that arouses a feeling of pity or
sadness
ethos - ✔✔-The appeal of a text to the credibility and character of the speaker, writer, or narrator
topos - ✔✔-suggests settings, characters, and themes that appear and reappear in literature. Flood, for
instance, is a common theme in literature
enjambments - ✔✔-When a line continues into the next without punctuation or break
meters - ✔✔-organizing patterns of rhythmic pulses
apostrophes - ✔✔-someone, some abstract quality, or a nonexistent personage is directly addressed as
though present
perfect rhyme - ✔✔-Rhymes involving sound that are exactly the same (ex: love, dove)
slant rhyme - ✔✔-rhyme in which the vowel sounds are nearly, but not exactly the same (i.e. the words
"stress" and "kiss"); sometimes called half-rhyme, near rhyme, or partial rhyme
prosaic style - ✔✔-having characteristics of a prose narrative, as opposed to poetical style and structure.
morpheme - ✔✔-in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning; may be a word or a part of a
word (such as a prefix)
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.")
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