Terms 11-20 Flashcards
Conceit
(poetic)
An elaborate or usually comparison in which two vastly different objects are linked together with the help of a simile, metaphor, hyperbole and /or contradiction.
Let us go then, you and I
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherised upon a table…
Conceit
(poetic)
Connotation
(literary)
The cultural and emotional implications and associations that words carry.
Saying someone is cold hearted implies that they lack feelings.
Saying someone is a snake implies they’re treacherous or evil.
Connotation
(literary)
Consonance
(poetic)
A literary device in which similar sounding consonant sounds are repeated in words that are in close proximity.
A blessing in disguise.
The early bird gets the worm.
Consonance
(poetic)
Couplet
(poetic)
In poetry, a consecutive pair of lines that end in a rhythm.
Lighting, thunder, all around
Soon the rain falls on the ground
Couplet
(poetic)
Cumulative(loose) Sentence
(syntactical)
An independent clause followed by a series of subordinate phrases and clauses that gather details about a person, event or idea.
Thunder was erupting in the distance as the clouds in.
Cumulative(loose) Sentence
(syntactical)
Denotation
(literary)
The basic meaning of a word, independent of its emotional associations; dictionary definition.
Cold means of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body.
A snake is a long limbless reptile that has no eyelids, a short tail and jaws capable of considerable extension.
Denotation
(literary)
Doppelganger
(literary)
A German term meaning “double” of character, usually the dark or evil twin.
Enjambment
(syntactical)
Typically works with caesura; the running over of a sentence from one line of verse into another so closely related words fall in different lines.
That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall,
Looking as if she were alive. I call
That is a piece of wonder, now…(Browning)
Enjambment
(syntactical)
