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Vocab. set 4
Essential terms set 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Imagery | Descriptive or figurative language that attempts to evoke mental images by appealing to the reader’s senses of sight, sound, smell, texture, or taste. |
| Personification | A type of metaphor in which human attributes are assigned to inanimate objects or abstract ideas. |
| Symbolism | Anything that is meant to represent or evoke something else, especially a concrete object meant to represent an intangible idea. |
| Alliteration | The repetition of an initial consonant sound in words that are close together, such as within a single sentence or line of poetry. |
| Oxymoron | A figure of speech linking two opposite or contradictory words or ideas together to form a neat paradox. Oxymorons may be employed to reveal contradictions, give the reader pause, or for comic effect. example- jumbo shrimp |
| Apposition | the positioning of things or the condition of being side by side or close together. ex. Ms. Brice, the CCHS English Teacher. |
| Euphemism | A figure of speech that softens an unpleasant or offensive idea by substituting a polite phrase instead. |
| Aphorism | A brief, memorable statement that captures a broad, universal truth or idea. Ben Franklin- Apple a day keeps the Dr. away. |
| Archetype | A literary element that is common in stories from many different cultures and times and has similar, universally recognizable attributes. |
| Idiom | A commonly used figure of speech with a meaning that differs from its literal meaning. Many idioms are specific to one language or region. ex. "The world is your oyster." |
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