Unit 1 Imaginative Comparison Terms Flashcards
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Use of words that are harsh or dissonant in sound
Cacophony w
A speaker or writer’s directly addressing an absent person, abstraction, or inanimate object.
Apostrophe
Type of comparison that draws striking parallel between 2 dissimilar things
Conceit
The use of words whose sounds are pleasant and musical to the ear
Euphony
An artful deviation from literal speech or normal word order
Figurative language
Descriptive words/phrases that appeal to the sense perceptions in order to create an impression
Imagery
In a restrictive definition is the stated or implied equivalence of 2 things
Metaphor
The subject of the metaphor that is being described
Tenor
Image the tenor of a metaphor is being compared to
Vehicle
The tenor remains unstated in this metaphor
Implied metaphor
A metaphor developed beyond a single sentence or comparison
Extended metaphor
Complex type of extended metaphor; literal and implied
Allegory
Expression in which a related thing stands for the thing itself
Metonymy
Seeming contradiction
Paradox
Similarity in the structure of 2 or more phrases, clauses, or sentences
Parallelism
Gives human characteristics to objects, ideas, abstractions, or animals
Personification
A play on words that are identical/similar in sound but different in meaning
Pun
The act of creating patterns by repeating not only sound but also words, lines, meter, or syntax
Repetition
Type of metaphor using “as”, “like”, or “as if”
Simile
Expression where a part stands for the whole (referring to 50 sails as 50 ships)
Synecdoche
A recurring or emerging idea in a work of literature
Theme
The core mark of great writing is a?
Theme
What are the 3 functions of imaginative comparisons?
They draw out the readers emotions
Add depth to the writer’s message
Provide a certain symmetry to a writer’s message
What distinguishes a simile from a metaphor?
A simile: compares using like, as, or as if
A metaphor: compares using not those terms
