LP 10 Flashcards
scorn
noun or verb
show disdain
expression of disdain
recrimination
noun
an accusation in response to one from someone else
tirade
noun
a bitter, harsh speech
flaunt
verb
to display showily/paader
preposterous
adj
absurd
contrary to reason
jeer
noun, verb
make rude or mocking remarks
or a rude or mocking remark
recollect
verb
to remember, remind oneself of something
recollect ones thoughts
recollect memories
brazen
noun adj
made of brass
harsh sound
proud
brusque
adj
short, blunt
a brusque response
camaraderie
noun
mutual friendship, good fellowship
the teammates had a genuine camaraderie on the hockey team”
unsanctified
adj
not holy, not made sacred
ecstasy
noun
a state of overwhelming emotion
the performance sent the audience into ecstasies
- Simile -
A simile is a comparison between two different things that resemble each other in at least one way, and
the comparison is made obvious to the reader. When you compare a noun to a noun, the simile is usually introduced
by like:
Metaphor
Metaphor - Metaphor compares two different things by speaking of one in terms of the other. Unlike a simile or
analogy, metaphor asserts that one thing is another thing, not just that one is like another. Very frequently a metaphor
is invoked by the to be verb.
You heart is the guide of ur life ISSS
Metonymy
in which the thing chosen for the metaphorical image is
closely associated with (but not an actual part of) the subject with which it is to be compared.
This land belongs to the crown
The dish was made.
Personification
Personification - Personification metaphorically represents an animal or inanimate object as having human
attributes– attributes of form, character, feelings, behavior, and so on. Ideas and abstractions can also be personified.
While personification functions primarily as a device of art, it can often serve to make an abstraction clearer and
more real to the reader by defining or explaining the concept in terms of everyday human action.
Allusion
Allusion is a short, informal reference to a famous person or event:
If you take his parking place, you can expect World War II all over again.
“Plan ahead: it wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.
Syllepsis
- Terms linked (always by a verb) in different senses or meanings of the linking word.
She was unwilling to drive to that party because she was afraid to damage her car or her reputation.
real and not real
Apostrophe
Apostrophe - addresses directly a person or personified thing, either present or absent. Its most common purpose in prose is to give vent to or display intense emotion,
which can no longer be held back:
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not have
it!” -
Synecdoche
when a part of something represents the whole
lend me a hand
do u like my wheels
