Visual Effects Flashcards
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Figurative language
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Broad term for figures of speech (simile, metaphor, personification) which go beyond literal or actual meanings.
2
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Imagery
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The pictures conjured up by the words.
3
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Simile
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A direct comparison which uses “like”, “as” or “than”.
4
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Metaphor
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An image which describes one thing in terms of another:
“There moved thin caterpillars” - The Snow.
5
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Personification
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Metaphor where ideas, objects, elements of nature are given human characteristics for effect.
