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Lit. Terms p. 8-9
Stylistic Devices p. 8-9
Question | Answer |
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Metaphor | When two apparently unlike things are equated or compared without transitional words; when one exaggerates using unrealistic images |
Extended Metaphor | When two apparently unlike things are equated or compared in several different ways |
Analogy | A comparison, made for the sake of teaching, in which something unfamiliar is explained by its being compared to something more familiar |
Tenor | The person, place, thing, or event (said or implied) that is being replaced by a metaphor |
Vehicle | The metaphorical term actually used by the author or poet |
Grounds | The implied commonalities between tenor and vehicle, producing not only meaning, but also mental associations, emotional reactions, etc. |
Motif | A word, phrase, image, or idea that occurs repeatedly throughout a work or several works of literature |
Narrative Omission | When a narrator deliberately leaves out important facts or events |
Non Sequitur | "Does not follow." A seemingly-random remark that, at least at face value, has nothing to do with what preceded it |
Paradox | A self-contradiction that, upon reflection, may reveal a deeper meaning |
Oxymoron | A two-word paradox |
Parallelism | Use of the same grammatical structures for different parts of a sentence or different sentences, creating unity and balance |
Personification | Giving human qualities to inhuman things |
Metanoia | The altering of a term of phrase just employed, as if in self-correction |