Key Words, Chapter 14 Flashcards
Anthropomorphism
the ascription of human characteristics to God
Anthropopathism
the ascription of human emotions to God
Antithese
direct contrast, terms set in opposition to each other
Apostrophe
direct address to imaginary object or person, or to an object or person not present
Contiguity
figure of speech based on association, not similarity; in figures of contiguity, there is a logical comparison between the terms of the figure; metonymy and synecdoche are figures of contiguity
Epizeuxis or Epanadiplosis
repetition of a significant word for emphasis
Euphemism
substitution of a less offensive or explicit term for a stronger term
Figure of Speech
any use of language in which two terms are compared or brought into some relationship other than, or in addition to, a literal or logical connection; any use of language in which one term is spoken of in language suggestive of the other term
Hypocatastasis
figure of speech in which the comparison is implied by direct naming
Image
word picture in which the reader can, as it were, see, taste, touch, smell or hear what is being described
Irony
device in which the writer states the opposite of what is intended
Litotes
deliberate unerstatement for effect
Merism
type of synecdoche in which the whole is suggested by contrasting parts
Metaphor
figure of speech in which one term is imaginatively identified with another, or in which one object represents another object or idea
metonymy
substitution of one word for another
paronomasia
similar-sounding words placed side by side for emphasis
Personification (also Prosopopoeia)
type of metaphor in which human characteristics are ascribed to inanimate objects, animals, or other non-human beings
Similarity
figure of speech based on comparison apart from any logical connection between the terms; figures of similarity include simile, metaphor, image and symbol
Simile
simple comparison, usually linked by like” or “as”
Symbol
type of metaphor in which the vehicle, as well as the tenor, is broadly suggestive in itself
Synecdoche
figure of speech in which a part represents the whole
Tenor
underlying subject in a figure of speech
Term
subject of a figure of speech; there are two terms in a figure of speech, the “vehicle” and “tenor”
Vehicle
mode in which the tenor is experienced
