Unit 1 Flashcards
The use of words that are harsh or disornant
Cacophony
Speaker/writer directly address an absent person
Apostrophe
A type of comparison that draws parallel between dissimilar things
Conceit
Words that sound pleasant
Euphony
An artful deviation from literal speech
Figurative language
Descriptive words or phrases that appeal to the sense of perceptions
Imagery
The stated or implied equivalence of 2 things
Metaphor
The blank of a metaphor is original subject
Tenor
Is the image of tenor that is being compared to
Vehicle
The Tenor remains unstated
Implied metaphor
Developed beyond 1 sentence or comparison
Extended metaphor
A blank is a complex type of extended metaphor
Allegory
Expression in which a related thing stands for the thing itself
Metonymy
Seems contradiction
Paradox
Similarity in the structure of 2 or more phrases
Parallelism
Giving human characteristics to an object
Personification
A play on words
Pun
The act of creating patterns
Repetition
Type of metaphor using words
Simile
Stands part of whole
Synecdoche
Recurring/emerging idea in literature
Core of literature
Theme
Draws out readers emotions
Adds depth to writing
Adds certain symmetry
Function of imaginative comparison
