Metaphor-resolution (Plot)

Question 1

Metaphor

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without the use of such specific words of comparison as like, as, than, or resembles

Question 2

Implied metaphor

Answer 2

Does not state explicitly the two terms of the comparison “I like to see it lap the miles” is an implied metaphor in which the verb laps implies a comparison between “it” and some animal that “laps” up water

Question 3

Extended metaphor

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A metaphor that is extended or developed as far as the writer wants to take it

Question 4

Dead metaphor

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A metaphor that has been used so often that the comparison is no longer vivid

Question 5

Mixed metaphor

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A metaphor that has gotten out of control and mixed its terms so that they are visually or imaginatively incompatible

Question 6

Metonymy

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A figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing, is referred to by something closely associated with it.

Question 7

Mood

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An atmosphere created by a writer’s diction and the details selected

Question 8

Motif

Answer 8

A recurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation used throughout a work (or in several works by one author), unifying the work by tying the current situation to previous ones, or new ideas to the theme

Question 9

Motivation

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The reasons for a character’s behaviour

Question 10

Onomatopoeia

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The use of words whose sounds echo their sense

Question 11

Oxymoron

Answer 11

A figure of speech that combinee opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase

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Parable

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A relatively short story that teaches a moral, or lesson about how to leave a good life

Question 13

Paradox

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A statement that appears self-contradictory, but that reveals a kind of truth
Koan is a paradox used in Zen Buddhism to gain intuitive knowledge “ what is the sound of one hand clapping?”

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Parallel structure (parallelism)

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The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures

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Paratactic sentence

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Simply juxtapose clauses or sentences. I am tired: it is hot.

Question 16

Parody

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A work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the writer’s style

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Periodic

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Sentence that places the main idea or central complete thought at the end of the sentence, after all introductory elements

Question 18

Personification

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A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

Question 19

Plot

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The series of related events in a story or play, sometimes called the storyline

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Exposition

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Introduces characters, situation, and setting

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Rising action

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Complications in conflict and situations (may introduce new ones as well)

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Climax

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That point in a plot that creates the greatest intensity, suspense, or interest, also called “turning point”

Question 23

Resolution

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The conclusion of a story, when all or most or the conflicts have been settled; often called the denouement