Metalanguage Flashcards
(40 cards)
Imagery that evokes sight
Visual
Imagery that evokes taste
Gustatory
Imagery that evokes smell
Olfactory
Imagery that evokes touch
Tactile
Imagery that evokes bodily sensations
Viceral
Imagery that evokes sound
Aural
Imagery that evokes movement
Kinaesthetic
Comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”
Simile
The direct comparison of two unlike things
Metaphor
Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Attributing humanlike qualities to non-human things
Personification
Attributing animalistic characteristics to humans
Zoomorphism
Using a part to represent a whole (nice wheels = nice car)
Synectoche
Using a related term to represent something ( The crown = the queen)
Metonym
A common figurative expression (break a leg)
Idiom
Where sound maches meaning
Onomatopoeia
Two matching vowel sounds within a line
Internal rhyme
Two matching vowel sounds at the end of a line
End rhyme
Repeated consonant sound at the start of words near one another
Alliteration
Repeated consonant sounds near one another
Consonance
Use of words with discordant, sharp or jarring sounds
Cacophony
Use of words with pleasing sounds
Euphany
Repeated “s” sound in words near one another
Sibilance
The rhythmic structure of a poem
Metre