Unit 1 Terms Flashcards
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Allegory
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A complex type of extended metaphor
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Extended metaphor
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A metaphor that is developed beyond a single sentence or comparison
3
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Imagery
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descriptive words or phrases that appeal to the sense perception in order to create an impression
4
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Implied metaphor
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a metaphor in which the tenor remains unstated
5
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Metaphor
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in a restrictive definition is the started or implied equivalence of two things
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Tenor
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a metaphor is the original subject being described
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Vehicle
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the metaphor is the image the tenor is being compared to
8
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Metonymy
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expression in which a related thing stands for the thing itself
9
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Simile
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type of a metaphor using words: like, as, as if
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Synecdoche
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expression in which a part stands for the whole
