English Flashcards
indirect or not implied reference
allusion
imitation of sounds
onomatopoeia
repeating a word or phrase in the beginning
anaphora
repeating vowel sounds
assonance
repeating consonant sounds
alliteration
contradictory but true (e.g. less is more)
paradox
humorous play of words
pun
placing two comparable ideas side by side so that the readers will compare and contrast them (e.g. all fair’s in love and war)
parallelism/juxtaposition
balancing two opposing ideas, or placing two different ideas parallel to each other (e.g. it was the best of times, it was the worst of times)
anti-thesis
arrangement of ideas or events from most to least important
anti-climax
arrangement of ideas or events from least to most important
climax
addressing an absent person or inanimate object
Apostrophe
using another descriptive words instead of the literal; indirect way of naming something (e.g. china – sleeping giant)
periphrasis
two opposing ideas are put together (e.g. deafening silence)
oxymoron
opposite of the actual meaning
Irony
Types of irony
dramatic irony, situational irony, verbal irony
understatement; using a negative word to represent a positive idea
litotes
exaggeration
hyperbole
using a part to represent the whole
synecdoche
a word is replaced with another word that is closely related to it (pen is mightier than the sword)
metonymy
giving human quality to inanimate objects
personification
comparing unlike objects without using like or as
metaphor
comparing unlike objects while using like or as
simile
two classification of literature
prose and poetry