OAT2 Flashcards

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Implied metaphor

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Less direct metaphor, dull blade of the wind

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Direct metaphor

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An expression that describes a person or object by referring to something that is considered to have similar characteristics to that person or object

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Juxtaposition

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Arrangement of two or more ideas side by side or in similar narrative moments like o compare, contrast, rhetorical effect, suspense, or character development

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4
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Onomatopoeia

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Use of words that mimic their meaning in their sound

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Leitmotif

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Recurrent theme throughout associated with a person, idea, or situation, horse in ATPH

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Verbal irony

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What is said is opposite of what is meant

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Paradox

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Statement or situation with contradictory or incompatible elements

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8
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Situational irony

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Something takes place that is different or opposite of what is expected

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Oxymoron

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Apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction, apprehensive indulgence

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10
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Extended metaphor/conceit

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Metaphor described with great detail throughout a literary piece

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11
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Lítotes

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Using negative statements to emphasize a pos meaning, not too shabby

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Metonymy

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Substituting a word or phrase denoting an object, action, institution, etc. word or phrase denoting a property of sth associated with it.

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Dramatic irony

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Incongruity or discrepancy btw what a character says or thinks and what the reader knows to be true

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Synecdoche

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Part of sth used to refer to the whole of it

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15
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Rhetorical question

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Question asked to create a dramatic effect or make a point

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16
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Polysyndeton

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Use of several conjunctions in close succession

17
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Satire

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Using humor, ridicule, irony, etc to expose and criticize prevailing immorality or foolishness, as a social and political commentary

18
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Shift

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Tone or mood changed to define characters or make a novel more interesting

19
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Simile

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Comparing two unlike things with like or as

20
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Symbol

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Sth that means more than what it is, siren=gender roles

21
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Parallelism

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Using similar words, clauses to emphasize similar ideas,

22
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Understatement

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Description of sth as having much less of a particular quality than it does

23
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Sarcasm

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Remarks that mean the opposite of what they say, to hurt feelings or criticize sth I a humorous way.

24
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Synesthesia

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Presentation of feelings in terms usually associated with another sensation,

25
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Syntax

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Way in which linguistic elements are put together to form constituents, her image accompanied me