Stijlfiguren Flashcards
Anaphora
Herhaling van woorden aan het begin van een zin
Epistrophe
Herhalen van woorden aan het einde van een zin
Tricolon
Sentence consisting of three parts of equal importance and length, usually three independent clauses.
Chiasmus
A-B-B-A
Parallelism
similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses: SPREKEN IS ZILVER, ZWIJGEN IS GOUD
Asyndeton
omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words, GEEN VOEGWOORDEN; niet de regering, de opposite is laks
Antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
rhetorical question
A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer
puzzle solution
Not a question, gets the audience thinking
Metaphor
A comparison without using like or as; real comparison
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it; it creates a certain image
Synecdoche
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa; de neuzen tellen; Duitsland valt polen aan = duitse leger
irony
A contrast between expectation and reality; say something that is not true
Hyperbole
extreme exaggeration
allusion
A reference to another work of literature, person, or event