Figurative Language

Question 1

An indirect reference to something with which the reader is expected to be familiar. Usually biblical, historical, mythological, or literary references.

Answer 1

Allusion

Question 2

Reference to God(s)
Or
Biblical reference in The Sun Also Rises

Answer 2

Allusion

Question 3

Language that describes specific, observable things, people or places, rather than ideas or qualities.

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Concrete Language

Question 4

“After a while we came out of the mountains, and there were trees along both sides of the road, and a stream and ripe fields of grain, and the road went on, very white and straight ahead, and then lifted to a little rise, and off on the left was a hill with an old castle, with buildings close around it and a field Of grain going right up to the walls and shifting in the wind.” (Hemingway)

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Concrete Language

Question 5

Oedipus before he knows the truth

TSAR - Robert is called the steer when we know Jake is really the steer

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Dramatic Irony

Question 6

The reader is aware of something that the characters do not know

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Dramatic Irony

Question 7

Words used for sensitive topics

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Euphemism

Question 8

Bits, tushie, rump, behind, pass away, tight

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Euphemism

Question 9

Similes and Metaphors (other things too)
Mme. Resiz and Edna’s wings
Robert/Jake and a “steer”

Answer 9

Figurative Language

Question 10

“The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.” (Chopin)

Answer 10

Figurative Language

Question 11

A word or words that are inaccurate literally, but describe by calling to mind sensations or responses that the thing described evokes. This may be in the form of metaphors or similes, both non-literal comparison.

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Figurative Language

Question 12

Conscious exaggeration used to heighten effect. Not intended literally, often humorous.

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Hyperbole

Question 13

“I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.”
“He is older than dirt.”
“I could sleep for 100 years!”

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Hyperbole

Question 14

A word or group of words, either figurative or literal, used to describe a sensory experience or an object perceived by the senses. This is always a concrete representation.

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Image

Question 15

“The Jabberwock with eyes of flame,Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,And burbled as it came!” (14-16)
Victor’s description of Edna’s dinner party to Mariequita:“The flowers were in tubs, he said. The champagne was quaffed from huge golden goblets.” (Chopin 173)

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Image

Question 16

The use of images, especially in a pattern of related images, often figurative, to create a strong unified sensory impression.

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Imagery

Question 17

FIGURATIVE – the ‘effect’
Victor, of Edna’s dinner party:“Venus rising from the foam could have presented no more entrancing a spectacle than Mrs. Pontellier, blazing with beauty and diamonds at the head of the board…” (Chopin 173)

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Imagery

Question 18

A discrepancy between expectation and reality.

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Irony

Question 19

That Gregor is more concerned about making it to work than the fact that he is now a ‘monstrous vermin’That Edna yearns for independence, but allows herself to be taken in by Alcee Arobin.

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Irony

Question 20

Opposite of hyperbole; it intensifies an idea understatement by stating through the opposite.

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Litotes

Question 21

Saying “It wasn’t my best day” instead of “It was my worst day.”
“I’ll open up immediately, this instant. A mild indisposition – an attack of dizziness – has kept me from getting up.” (Kafka 398)
“There are periods of despondency and suffering which take possession of me.” (Chopin 171)

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Litotes

Question 22

X is Y. A comparison of two things, often unrelated. A figurative verbal equation results where both “parts” illuminate one another. May occur in a single sentence, as a controlling image of the entire work, as obvious, or be implied.

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Metaphor

Question 23

“Talent is a cistern; genius is a fountain.”Pilgrim at Sea by Par F. Lagerkvist
“But O beware the middle mind that purrs and never shows a tooth”
“Venus rising from the foam could have presented no more entrancing a spectacle than Mrs. Pontellier, blazing with beauty and diamonds at the head of the board, while the other women were all of them youthful houris, possessed of incomparable charms.” (Chopin 173)

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Metaphor

Question 24

Designation of one thing with something closely associated with it. E. g. calling the head of a committee a CHAIR, a king the CROWN, etc.

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Metonym

Question 25

``` Thing associated = The whole White House = the President Press = newspaper/media/journalists “Mr. Pontellier finally lit a cigar and began to smoke… He fixed his gaze upon a white sunshade that was advancing at snail’s pace from the beach.” (Chopin 44) sunshade = woman Tongue = language drinking = consuming alcohol ```

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Metonym

Question 26

A frequently recurrent character, incident, or concept in literature.

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Motif

Question 27

It has a PURPOSE Water in The Awakening Drinking in The Sun Also Rises

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Motif

Question 28

A rhetorical antithesis. Juxtaposing two contradictory terms, like "wise fool" or "deafening silence"

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Oxymoron

Question 29

jumbo shrimp old news alone together "O heavy lightness! Serious vanity! Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!“ (Romeo and Juliet)

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Oxymoron

Question 30

A seemingly contradictory statement or situation which is actually true. This rhetorical device is often used for emphasis or simply to attract attention.

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Paradox

Question 31

Gregor “closing his eyes” to avoid seeing his wriggling legs – no literal eyelids, but he blinds himself to the reality of his situation.

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Paradox

Question 32

When non-human things (animals, objects, etc.) are given human qualities.

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Personification

Question 33

Gregor: "In spite of his predicament, he couldn't suppress a smile at the thought."

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Personification

Question 34

Creon’s treatment of TeiresiasHamlet ALL OVER THE PLACE

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Sarcasm

Question 35

A type of verbal irony in which, under the guise of praise, a caustic and bitter expression of strong and personal disapproval is given. Sarcasm is personal, jeering, and intended to hurt.

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Sarcasm

Question 36

“damnation rises behind each child, Like a wave cresting out of the black northeast,When the long darkness under sea roars upAnd bursts drumming death upon the wind whipped sand.” (Sophocles )“She felt like some new-born creature, opening its eyes in a familiar world that it had never known.” (Chopin )

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Simile

Question 37

A figurative comparison of two things, often dissimilar, using the connecting words: "like," "as," or "than."

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Simile

Question 38

“No man of woman born can harm Macbeth!” and then we learn that Macduff was born via caesarian section.Gregor’s father is lazy, yet by the end of the novella, takes pride in his work and appearance.

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Situational Irony

Question 39

Applies to works which contain elaborate expressions of the ironic spirit. Also, irony applies to both Hamlet's situation and to his famous soliloquy, "To be or nor to be."

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Situational Irony

Question 40

A thing, event, or person that represents or stands for some idea or event. Symbols also simultaneously retain their own literal meanings. A figure of speech in which a concrete object is used to stand for an abstract idea —e.g. the cross for Christianity.

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Symbol

Question 41

Conch in Lord of the FliesWater/Sea in The AwakeningOzymandias’ expression

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Symbol

Question 42

Part of something is used to stand for the whole —e.g. "threads" for clothes; "wheels" for cars

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Synecdoche

Question 43

“the hand that mocked, the heart that fed”“all hands on deck!”Glasses, when referring to eyeglasses.

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Synecdoche

Question 44

When the reader is aware of a discrepancy between the real meaning of a situation and the literal meaning of the writer's words.

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Verbal Irony

Question 45

"as pleasant and relaxed as a coiled rattlesnake" (Kurt Vonnegut from Breakfast of Champions)“O Tell it! Tell everyone! Think how they’ll hate you when it all comes out if they learn that you knew about it all the time!” Antigone to Ismene (Sophocles 1265)

Answer 45

Verbal Irony