Vocab 1 Flashcards
Recurring or emerging idea in work of literature.
Theme
A comparison of two unlike objects using “like” or “as”
Simile
The stated or implied comparison of two dissimilar things
Metaphor
In poetry, the act of creating patterns by repeating not only sounds but also words, lines, meter, or syntax.
Repetition
Similarity in the structure of two or more phrases.
Parallelism
The use of words whose sounds are pleasant and musical to the ear.
Euphony
The use of words that are harsh or dissonant in sound.
Cacophony
Descriptive words or phrases that appeal to the sense perception in order to create an impression.
Imagery
In a metaphor, the original subject which the metaphor seeks to describe.
Tenor
The philosophical viewpoint from which a person examines the world and draws a conclusions.
Worldview
A type of obvious overstatement used by writers to make a point
Hyperbole
In a metaphor, the image the tenor of the metaphor is being compared to.
Vehicle
Metaphors conveyed indirectly
Implied Metaphors
A type of extended metaphor that is developed beyond a single sentence or comparison
Extended Metaphors
A type of extended metaphor that forms a story with two levels of meaning
Allegory
An expression in which a related thing stands for the thing itself
Metonymy
Using part of something to stand for the whole
Synecdoche
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
Personification
A speaker or writer that directly addresses an absent person or inanimate object
Apostrophe
A statement that seems to be self-contradictory yet actually makes sense when understood in the right context.
Paradox
A type of comparison that draws a striking parallel between two seemingly dissimilar things
Conceit
A question asked not to receive information, but to achieve an effect
Rhetorical question
What is lasciviousness
Lust
A common form of understatement
Litotes
The contrast between what is reasonable to expect and what actually happens is known as what?
Irony
True/False Verbal irony that takes the form of mock praise is called sarcasm.
True
True/False Satire is corrective ridicule of an object of scorn usually outside the literature.
True
