Unit 1 Flashcards
Apostrophe
A speaker or writer is directly addressing an absent person, abstraction or inanimate object.
Cacophony
The use of words that are harsh or dissonant in sound.
Conceit
A type of comparison that draws a striking parallel between two dissimilar things
Euphony
The use of words whose sounds are pleasant and musical to the ear.
Figurative language
An artful deviation from literal speech or normal word order
Imagery
Descriptive words or phrases that appeal to the sense perceptions in order to create an impression
Metaphor
In a restrictive definition is the stated or implied equivalence of two things
(Life is a race = stated; the race of life= implied)
The ______ of a metaphor is the original subject being described
Tenor
The ______ of a metaphor is the image the tenor is being compared to
Vehicle
An _______ is a metaphor in which the tenor remains unstated
Implied metaphor
An ______ is a metaphor that is developed beyond a single sentence or comparison
Extended metaphor
An ______ is a complex type of extended metaphor
Allegory
Metonymy
Expression in which a related thing stands for the thing itself.
(Lands or kingdom belonging to the crown)
Paradox
Seeming contradiction
Parallelism
Similarity in the structure of two or more phrases, clauses or sentences
