language features Flashcards
metaphor?
comparison of 2 things saying one IS the other
alliteration?
repetition of sounds
personification?
giving an object human features
simile?
comparison of 2 things using LIKE or AS
hyperbole?
exaggeration
imagery?
visual, tactile, auditory
connatative language?
word suggests more meaning
colloquial language?
informal language
syntax?
sentence length, subject-verb-object
inclusive language?
personal pronouns
descriptive language?
uses adjective, noun, verb
paradox?
statement that contradicts itself
lexical choice?
word length, frequency, word choice (repetition)
emotive language?
use of adjectives
adjective, verb, noun?
adjective - describing word
noun - person, place, thing
verb - action word
allusion?
references to an external text, person, place, event
e.g. garden of eden
idiom?
non literal phrases, e.g. break a leg
onomatopoeia?
sounds like the thing described
zap, boom, ping
