I-M Flashcards
A word or group of words, either figurative or literal, used to describe a sensory experience or an object perceived by the senses. This is always a concrete representation.
Image
CONCRETE – the ‘thing’
“Jabberwocky” “The Jabberwock with eyes of flame,Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,And burbled as it came!” (14-16)
Victor’s description of Edna’s dinner party to Mariequita:“The flowers were in tubs, he said. The champagne was quaffed from huge golden goblets.” (Chopin 173)
Image
The use of images, especially in a pattern of related images, often figurative, to create a strong unified sensory impression.
Imagery
FIGURATIVE – the ‘effect’
Victor, of Edna’s dinner party:“Venus rising from the foam could have presented no more entrancing a spectacle than Mrs. Pontellier, blazing with beauty and diamonds at the head of the board…” (Chopin 173)
Imagery
Variation of the normal word order (subject first, then verb, then complement) which puts a modifier or the verb as the first in the sentence. The element that appears first is emphasized more than the subject.
Inversion
“Jabberwocky”“Long time the manxome foe he sought”“So rested he by the Tumtum tree,” (10-11)
Inversion
A discrepancy between expectation and reality.
Irony
That Gregor is more concerned about making it to work than the fact that he is now a ‘monstrous vermin’That Edna yearns for independence, but allows herself to be taken in by Alcee Arobin.
Irony
Opposite of hyperbole; it intensifies an idea understatement by stating through the opposite.
Litotes
Saying “It wasn’t my best day” instead of “It was my worst day.”
“I’ll open up immediately, this instant. A mild indisposition – an attack of dizziness – has kept me from getting up.” (Kafka 398)
“There are periods of despondency and suffering which take possession of me.” (Chopin 171)
Litotes
X is Y. A comparison of two things, often unrelated. A figurative verbal equation results where both “parts” illuminate one another. May occur in a single sentence, as a controlling image of the entire work, as obvious, or be implied.
Metaphor
“Talent is a cistern; genius is a fountain.”Pilgrim at Sea by Par F. Lagerkvist
“Venus rising from the foam could have presented no more entrancing a spectacle than Mrs. Pontellier, blazing with beauty and diamonds at the head of the board, while the other women were all of them youthful houris, possessed of incomparable charms.” (Chopin 173)
Metaphor
Designation of one thing with something closely associated with it. E. g. calling the head of a committee a CHAIR, a king the CROWN, etc.
Metonym
Thing associated = The whole White House = the President Press = newspaper/media/journalists “Mr. Pontellier finally lit a cigar and began to smoke… He fixed his gaze upon a white sunshade that was advancing at snail’s pace from the beach.” (Chopin 44) sunshade = woman Tongue = language drinking = consuming alcohol
Metonym
An atmosphere created by a writer’s word choice (diction) and the details selected. Syntax is also a determiner because sentence strength, length, and complexity affect pacing.
Mood
