Terms 3 Flashcards
Dialect
a variety of speech characterized by its own particular grammar or
pronunciations, often associated with a particular geographical region
Dramatic Irony
the audience knows more about a character’s situation than the
character does.
Euphemism
A device in which indirectness replaces the directness of a statement,
usually in an effort to avoid offensiveness
Extended Metaphor
a metaphor that continues over several lines or throughout an
entire work
Foil
a character who, through contrast, underscores the characteristics of another
Genre
a category of literary composition
Idiom
Use of words peculiar to a given language; an expression that cannot be translated literally
Imagery
The technique by which the author creates images within a literary work
Metaphor
A type of analogy in which identifies one object with another and ascribes to
the first object one or more of the qualities of the second
Motif
Recurrent images, words objects, phrases, actions, etc. that tend to unify a work
of literature
Onomatopoeia
Words that by their sounds suggest their meaning
Oxymoron
A self-contradictory combination of words
Paradox
a statement that although seemingly contradictory or absurd may be actually
well-founded or true
Personification
The representing of non-human things or ideas as having human
personalities, intelligence, emotions, or physical features
Polysyndeton
the repeated use of conjunctions to link together a
succession of words, clauses, or sentences
