Figure Of Description Flashcards

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Anemographia

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Creating an illusion of reality through the description of the wind.

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The following is an example of _____________.

“To the far horizon all around them, there was nothing but glittering sun and the cruel wind blowing.”- Laura Ingalls Wilder, “The Long Winter”

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Anemographia

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Astrothesia

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The vivid description of stars (could include sun, moon and planets).

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The following is an example of _____________ .

“The small, cold sun seemed to hang motionless but it was climbing.”- Laura Ingalls Wilder, “The Long Winter”

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Astrothesia

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Chorographia

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The vivid description of a nation or a group of people.

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Chronographia

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The vivid representation of a certain historical or recurring time (such as a season, the Roaring Twenties, Dark Ages, Golden Age of Athens, etc., or times of day- evening, morning, etc.) to create an illusion of reality.

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Dendrographia

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Creating an illusion of reality through the vivid description of a tree.

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Dialogismus

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Including conversations or dialogue between two or more characters.

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Ecphrasis

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The (often-conventional) description of a person, event, place, season, or other commonplace thing. Such a description might be “a black-hatted villian,” “a sumptuous feast,” “a frigid winter,” “a bustling downtown,” etc.

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Effictio

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The description of a person’s body.

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Ethopoeia

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The description and portrayal of a character (natural propensities, manners, and affections, etc.).

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Geographia

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The vivid description of some feature of the earth.

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Hydrographia

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The vivid description of water.

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Mimesis

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The imitation of another’s gestures, pronunciation, or utterances.

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Pragmatographia

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The description of an action (such as a battle, feast, marriage, burial, etc.).

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Prosopographia

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The vivid description of someone’s face.

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Prosopopoeia

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A synonym for the figure of speech personification.

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Sermocinatio

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Speaking for someone else in the first person as they would speak; or a first-person speech (a monologue).

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Topographia

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The description of a place (which might include more than the geographia, such as buildings, streets, etc.).

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Topothesia

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The description of an imaginary place.