Tropes Flashcards
(18 cards)
reference to known person, place, event, work of art, etc
Allusion
addression a person in a speech or writing who isnt present
apostrophe
comparing 2 unlike things
metaphor
comparing with like / as
simile
giving inamimate objects human characteristics
personifcation
using one word to refer to a related word or term
metonymy
part stading for a whole
synecdonche
same letter at the begining
alliteration
repitition of vowel sounds
assonance
constants repeating
consonance
words that sould like their meannig
onomatopeoia
a gross exaderation to make an effect or to highlight something
hyperbole
intended use of an apparent contradiction
oxymoron
purposefull inclusion of a queston inteneded to not be answered, to evoke deep thought
rhetorical queston
deliberate use of an understatement
litotes
contradictory but true
paradox
opposite of what is expected
irony
artfull variation from the typicall and expected way of a word
trope