Tropes/ Schemes Flashcards
Schemes
Figure of speech that includes order, syntax, letters, and sounds instead of meanings.
A CHANGE FROM THE NORMAL ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS
Tropes
DEVIATION FROM THE ORDINARY/ PRINCIPLE IMPORTANCE OF A WORD
Metaphor
Refers to one thing to another/ implying a comparison between 2 things of different natures.
TROPES
Oxymoron
2 ordinary & opposing words placed next to each other.
A compressed paradox.
TROPES
Personification
Inanimate objects referred to as if they’re human.
TROPES
Rhetorical Question
Asking a question for a purpose besides obtaining information.
TROPES
Paradox
A contradictory statement that contains a little bit of truth.
TROPES
Parallelism
Stresses similarities and connections in pairs/ series of related words, phrases, or clauses.
SCHEMES
Antithesis
Words, phrases, sentences, or ideas to emphasize the differences
SCHEMES
Alliteration
Repetition of the same sound at the beginning in several words in a sequence.
SCHEMES
Anaphora
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines.
SCHEMES
To think…. To think… Ect
Antimetabole
Repetition of words in reverse order.
SCHEMES
Asyndeton
Conjunctions between a series of clauses.
SCHEMES
Inversion
Word order rearrangement in order to emphasize.
SCHEMES
Allusion
Brief reference to a person, event, place, or piece of art.
Both real and fake.
Archaic Diction
Old-fashioned/ outdated choice of words.
Cumulative Sentence
Sentence that completes the main idea at the beginning and then builds/ adds onto it.
Hortative Sentence
Sentence that exhorts, advises, or calls to action.
Imperative Sentence
Sentence used to command, enjoin, implore, or entreat.
Juxtaposition
Two things placed closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts.
Periodic Sentence
Sentence whose main clause is withheld until the end.
Imagery
Visually descriptive words in literature.
Diction
The choice and use of words/ phrases n speeches or writing.
