S1 Flashcards
Figure of speech
A word or phrase that is non-literal. Used for rhetorical effect.
Simile
A figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things
Metaphor
A comparison between essentially unlike things without an explicitly comparative word such as like or as.
EX. “My love is a red,red rose”
Personification
The endowment of inanimate objects or abstract concepts with animate or living qualities
EX. “The yellow leaves flaunted their color gaily in the breeze”
Apostrophe
Used to address someone who is absent or already dead.
Imagery
The pattern of related comparative aspects of language, particularly of images, in a literary work.
Ex. Light vs dark
Symbol
An object or action in a literary work that means more than itself, that strands for something beyond itself.
Paradox
A statement that seems to go against common sense but may still be true
Hyperbole
A figure of speech involving exaggeration
Understatement
When a writer or speaker says less than what he or she means
Verbal irony
When you say something different from what you mean
Dramatic irony
When the audience knows something the characters don’t
Situational irony
Something happening that is very diff to what was expected
Alliteration
The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words.
Allusion
An expression to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly.
