21-30 Flashcards
Epistrophe
(syntactical)
Repetition of a word or expression at the end of a successive clause, phrase, sentence or verse.
Of the people. By the people. For the people.
Epistrophe
(syntactical)
Euphemism
(literary)
Substitution of mild, indirect or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, blunt or harsh.
“passed away” rather than “died”
Euphemism
(literary)
Euphony
(poetic)
Derived from the Greek word “euphonious” meaning “sweet-voiced”; can be defined as the use of words and phrases that are distinguished as having a wide range of noteworthy melody, soothing or loveliness in the sounds they create.
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss’d cottage trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core…
Euphony
(poetic)
Foil
(literary)
A character used as a source of contrast, usually to the protagonist, and brings out the protagonist’s moral, emotional or intellectual qualities so as to emphasize that specific quality.
Sherlock Holmes- tall, skinny, leaps into plans without explanations and follows up on wild clues
Doctor Watson- short, stout, asks realistic questions and accepts more conventional theories
Foil
(literary)
Hyperbole
(literary)
Exaggeration.
“I’ve heard it a million times!”
Hyperbole
(literary)
Juxtaposition
(literary)
Placing 2 images/symbols/ideas close together for the purpose of comparing/contrasting.
Comparison of God’s goodness and Satan’s evil qualities.
Juxtaposition
(literary)
Litotes
(literary)
Understatement in which a thing is affirmed by stating the negative of its opposite.
He was not displeased.
It wasn’t my best moment.
Litotes
(literary)
Metonymy
(literary)
Substitution of a term for one thing by doing something closely associated with it.
