ENG1300 Chapter 17/18/24

Question 1

Visual Imagery

Answer 1

A word or sequence of words that refers to the sense of sight or presents something one may see.

Question 2

Personification

Answer 2

The endowing of a thing, animal, or abstract term with human characteristics; dramatizes the nonhuman in tangibly human terms.

Question 3

Simile

Answer 3

A comparison between two things, usually via “like, as, or than” or a verb such as “resemblance.” Typically compares two things that would initially seem similar, but are shown to have significant resemblance. Ex. Cool as a cucumber.

Question 4

Overstatement (aka Hyperbole)

Answer 4

Exaggeration used to emphasize a point.

Question 5

Implied metaphor

Answer 5

A metaphor that uses neither comparative connections, nor the verb “to be”, the comparison is not specifically.

Question 6

Metonymy

Answer 6

Figure of speech in which the name of a thing is substituted for that of another closely associated. Ex: The White House decided (meaning the President did).

Question 7

Image

Answer 7

A word or series of words that refers to any sensory experience (usually sight); a direct or literal recreation of physical experience.

Question 8

Paradox

Answer 8

A statement that first seems self-contradictory, but on reflection, reveals a deeper sense. Usually a play on words.

Question 9

Tactile Imagery

Answer 9

A word or sequence of words that refers to the sense of touch.

Question 10

Symbol

Answer 10

A person, place, or thing that suggests meaning beyond its literal sense; generally uniques to the work, not necessarily common to a culture.

Question 11

Haiku

Answer 11

A Japanese verse form with 3 unrhymed limes of 5, 7, 5 syllables. Often spiritual, evokes nature/seasonal imagery.

Question 12

Apostrophe

Answer 12

A direct address to someone or something; may address inanimate objects, dead/absent people, or abstract things.

Question 13

Allegory

Answer 13

Description - often a narrative - in which literal events consistently point to a parallel sequence of ideas. Has two levels of meaning: literal level that tells surface story, and symbolic level in which the abstractions unfold.

Question 14

Metaphor

Answer 14

A statement that one thing is something else, which, in literal sense, it’s not. Creates close association between two entities and underscores an important similarity between them. Ex: William is a pig.

Question 15

Symbolic Act

Answer 15

Action whose significance goes well beyond its literal meaning; often refers to ritual elements like rebirth, purification, initiation.

Question 16

Imagery

Answer 16

The collective set of images in a poem or other literary work.

Question 17

Conventional Symbols

Answer 17

Symbols, due to their frequent use, which have acquired standardized significance. Ex: Brides in white dresses.

Question 18

Understatement

Answer 18

An ironic figure of speech that deliberately describes something in a way that is less than the case.

Question 19

Mixed Metaphor

Answer 19

The (usually unintentional) combining of two or more incompatible metaphors, resulting in ridiculousness or nonsense. Ex: Mary was such a tower of strength that she breezed her way through all her work.

Question 20

Auditory Imagery

Answer 20

A word or sequence of words that refers to the sense of hearing.