Unit 1 Terms Flashcards
A speaker or writer’s directly addressing an absent person, abstraction, or inanimate object.
Apostrophe
prose with a high degree of rhythm including a pleasurable sensation of rise and fall
Cadence
instruction in literature
didacticism
a brief tale with a moral point and generally with non human characters
fable
exaggeration; implies less than what is said
hyperbole
An imaginative comparison consisting of the stated or implied equivalence of two dissimilar things.
metaphor
a seeming contradiction
paradox
giving human characteristics to something that is not human
personification
a comparison of two unlike objects using like or as
simile
a person, place, thing, or idea within a narrative or poem that means something in addition to itself
symbol
The use of language to convey meaning other than what is stated or a contradiction in what is expected to happen and what actually happens
irony
A story with a literal and an implied level of meaning
Allegory
The representation of something as less important than it truly is
understatement
loosely applied to all scornful wit but is best restricted to mock praise or mock assent
Sarcasm
A type of irony in which the reader is aware of a plot development of which the characters of the story are unaware
Dramatic irony
