V. Imagery & Figurative Languages

Question 1

Image

Answer 1

Representation of an object

Question 2

Obsessive image

Answer 2

Recurring image all through an author’s work, becoming a meaningful symbol

Question 3

Archetypes

Answer 3

Images often found in cultural heritage/folklore
Primordial images/symbolism generally admitted

Question 4

Symbol

Answer 4

Combines literal sense and an abstract/suggestive meaning.
Two levels: universally recognised / symbolic in context of the work

Question 5

Simile/analogy

Answer 5

Directly expressed comparison; introduced by «as» or «like»

Tenor = subject/the thing which is characterised
Vehicle = object/the comparaison

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

Implied analogy/not explicit
Substitues/replaces the vehicle for the tenor

Question 7

Conceit

Answer 7

Far-fetched metaphor; comparaison made b/w two very diff things/relies on wit

Question 8

Dead metaphor

Answer 8

Metaphor that has lost its metaphorical significance through repeated use = becomes clichés

Question 9

Extended metaphor

Answer 9

Links together a whole series of images/long running metaphor throughout the work

Question 10

Allegory

Answer 10

Specific form of extended metaphor; characters/actions have further meanings outside the text
Read on two lvls: surface story / hidden message (political, social, religious, etc.)

Question 11

Fable

Answer 11

Short story illustrating a moral thesis
Beast fables = fables staged with animals

Question 12

Parable

Answer 12

Short narrative with detailed analogy b/w the story and lesson/moral

Question 13

Metonymy

Answer 13

Instead of word, uses a term closely associated with it («the throne» = being monarch/ruler)

Question 14

Synecdoche

Answer 14

Type of metonymy; part stands for the whole («a hand» = worker)

Question 15

Hyperbole

Answer 15

Exaggeration/overstatement for rhetorical effect

Question 16

Euphemism

Answer 16

Use of weak, pleasant, vague expression instead of a harsher, more direct one

Question 17

Personification

Answer 17

Endows an object or concept with human characteristics

Question 18

Anthropomorphism

Answer 18

Personification of animals (describes animals or objects as if they were human; with emotions and human forms

Question 19

Pathetic fallacy

Answer 19

Personification of natural elements

Question 20

Synesthesia

Answer 20

When a sensation is described in terms of another sensation