Long Quiz Preparation Flashcards
Body of literary productions, either oral, written or visual, containing imaginative language that realistically portrays thoughts, emotions and experiences of the human condition
Literature
For him, literature has pleasure and jouissance
Roland Barthes
For him literature gives inventive, singular, otherness
Derek Attridge
word/phrase that describes one thing in term of another and that is not meant to be taken literally
Figurative Language
compares two dissimilar things using “like or “as”
Simile
figure of speech which concisely compares two things by saying that one is the other
Metaphor
word that sounds like what it means
Onomatopeia
deliberate exaggeration that adds emphasis, urgency or excitement to a statement
Hyperbole
assigning human attributes to nonhuman things
Personification
way to say something in an understated manner, often to avoid difficult topics
Euphemism
repeating of consonant sounds right next to each other, which creates a memorable or melodic effect
Alliteration
phrase that uses two contradictory words to create new meaning
Oxymoron
statement that appears to contradict itself but contains some truth, theme or humor
Paradox
literary technique that places opposite things or ideas next to one another to draw out their contrast
Antithesis
form of wordplay that purposely substitutes words that sound similar but have different meanings
Pun
