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Anti-climax
Simile
A stated comparison between 2 things that
are actually unlike but have something in
common
Use of words like: like, as, resemble or
similar to
quiet as a mouse
like a glum cricket
Metaphor
Makes a direct comparison of two unlike
things that have something in common
Does not use any words such as like or as
even at night-time, mama is a sunrise
stars are great drops of golden dew
birds are flowers flying
and flowers perched birds
Personification
Gives human qualities to an object, an
animal or an idea
Enables the reader to see ordinary things in
a new and interesting way
the sun puts a rainbow scarf about rains
shoulders when they go out together
when silence walks the city
in her pretty velvet shoes
Apostrophe
Addresses personified objects as real
persons, the absent as if they are present
and the dead as if they were alive or present
death, be not proud, though some have
called thee
mighty and dreadful or thou art not so
time, you old gypsy man, will you not stay?
Allusion
Reference in a work of literature to another
work of literature or to a well-know person,
place or event outside of literature
Repetition
Repeating words, phrases or whole
constructions in order to intensify feeling or
meaning
Never give in. never give in. never, never,
never, never yield to force.
Rhetorical Question
A question which the speaker expects no
spoken answer but hopes for the mental
one that he forcefully suggests
What will a man gain if he wins the whole
world and ruins his life? Or what has a man
to offer in exchange for his life?
Irony
General name given to literary techniques
that involve differences between appearance
and reality, expectation and result, meaning
and intention.
Verbal irony-words are used to suggest the
opposite of what is meant
Two friends have planned a day picnicking
and hiking. As they step out of the door, it
begins to rain. One says, Oh, Great! I was
hoping it would rain.
Irony of the Situation-an event occurs
that directly contradicts the expectations of
the characters, the reader, or the audience.
***The gift of the Maggi
Dramatic Irony
contradiction is between what a character
thinks and what the reader or audience
knows to be true.
Just as conspirators gather around Caesar
to assassinate him, he asks, Are we all
ready?
Oxymoron
Combination of 2 mutually contradictory
words in a case where the contradiction is
Onomatopoeia
Use of words to imitate sounds
With a whoosh of rockets and the thud of
mortars, the attack began.
Pun
Play of words of nearly the same sound but
of different meanings
An advice to a loquacious person:
Look before you lip
Question: Define wise.
Answer. It's what little kids are always
asking, as in Wise the sky blue?
Euphemism
Use of a pleasant or pale expression instead
of an unpleasant, harsh or depressing one.
Passed away
Metonymy
Substitution of one noun for another which
it suggests
Based on an association
We watched Spielberg today.
It's rope for the criminal.
Synecdoche
Type of metonymy in which a significant
part is used to represent the whole
It's useless to preach to empty stomachs.
A sail rose out of the sea
Climax
Arrangement of a series of words, phrases,
clauses or sentences in an ascending order
of importance
I came. I saw. I conquered.
Anti-climax
Abruptly ending a climax build-up wit an
insignificant item
I die. I faint. I fail.