Terminology

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Simile

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A figure of speech that associates two distinct things using a connector (“like” or “as” or “than”) to link the Vehicle and Tenor

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Metaphor

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A figure of speech that associates two distinct things without using a connector such as “like” or “as” to link Vehicle and the Tenor

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Vehicle

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The image, activity, or concept used to illustrate or represent the Tenor, or subject, of any figure of speech

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Tenor

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The subject of a figure of speech represented the the Vehicle

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Personification

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A figure of speech in which human characteristics are bestowed upon anything nonhuman

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Pathetic Fallacy

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A form of personification in which human traits are attributed to inanimate nature (no animals)

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Allusion

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An indirect reference, often to a person, historic event, or artistic work e.g. The bible and Greek mythology

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Oxymoron

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A figure of speech that juxtaposes two opposite or apparently contradictory words

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Paradox

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A statement that seems contradictory or nonsensical on the surface but that, upon closer examination, may express an underlying truth

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Understatement

AKA Meiosis

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A figure of speech that Characterizes something in a way that, taken literally, minimizes it’s evident significance or gravity

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Liotes

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A type of understatement/ meiosis that makes an affirmative point by negating it’s opposite

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Hyperbole

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A figure of speech involving deliberate, emphatic exaggeration, usually for comic or ironic effect

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Allegory

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The concrete presentation of an abstract idea, typically in a narrative, with at least two levels of meaning, first level is the surface story line. The second level, or deeper level of meaning, is typically moral, political, philosophical, or religious

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Parody

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A form of comedy that imitates a specific, generally serious work or the style of a particular author or gene

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Rhyme Scheme

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The pattern of rhyme in a poem, typically described by assigning a lower case letter to each new rhyming sound

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Stanza

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A grouped set of lines in the poem, usually separately from other clusters by a blank line

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Euphemism

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The substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.

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Euphony

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Pleasing, harmonious sounds

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Cacophony

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Harsh, disorient sounds

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Assonance

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Repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, usually in stressed syllabus, followed by a different consonant sounds in proximate words

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Apostrophe

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A direct and often emotional address to a person who is dead or absent, an imaginary or non-human entity, or a place or concept

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Invocation

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A type of apostrophe involving explicit request for aid