The Creation Of Images

Question 1

Connotation

Answer 1

The association, ideas and images conjured by a particular word

Question 2

Simile

Answer 2

A comparison that is formed by using the words “like” or “as”

Question 3

Metaphor

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Making a comparison by asserting one thing in another

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Anthromorphism

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Imagery that gives human qualities to animals, objects or Gods

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Zoomorphic

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The use of imagery relating to animals

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Euphemism

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A mild or indirect word or phrase used in place of a direct or harsh expression

Question 7

Dysphemism

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A derogatory or unpleasant term used instead of a pleasant or neutral one. Eg “cancer stick”

Question 8

Idiom

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A common expression that has a different meaning to the actual words in the phrase. Eg “it’s raining cats and dogs”

Question 9

Personification

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The attribution of human characteristics to something non-human

Question 10

Synaesthesia

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An authors blending of human senses to describe something

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Semantic field

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A collection of words which are related to one another because they’re connected by the same topic

Question 12

Pathetic fallacy

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The natural world is treated as though it has human emotions

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Oxymoron

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The combination of contradictory words that have opposing meanings, they’re very close together in an oxymoron

Question 14

Antithesis

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The use of images that are direct opposites within a text

Question 15

Symbolism

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When a writer uses one thing to represent another

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statements or phrases

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Litotes

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A form of an understatement

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Tautology

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The repetition of words that are identical or very close in meaning

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Foils

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When one character contrasts powerfully with anither

Question 20

Literary allusion

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A deliberate, purposeful reference to one literary text within another text

Question 21

Classical allusion

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A deliberate, purposeful reference to Greek or Roman mythology

Question 22

Cultural allusion

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A deliberate, purposeful reference made to an aspect of culture

Question 23

Edenic imagery

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Imagery that relates to portrayals of the biblical Eden

Question 24

Infernal imagery

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Imagery that relates to the portrayals of Hell

Question 25

Mechanistic imagery

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Any type of image that relates to machinery in some way

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Sylvan imagery

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Imagery related to forests or woodlands

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Gothic imagery

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Gothic images are unsettling, dark, startling and melodramatic

Question 28

Informal register

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The register we tend to use with acquaintances

Question 29

Formal register

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The register we use in more formal situations

Question 30

Frozen register

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The register that is used in extremely formal situations

Question 31

Interjection

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An exclamatory word or phrase such as “ah!” Or “oh no!”

Question 32

Divergence

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When individuals speak using very different registers and/or features of speech - can distance or dislike