Allegory A story, poem, or picture that can interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. Religious allegory with Aslan as Christ and Edmund as Judas
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Allegory
A story, poem, or picture that can interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Religious allegory with Aslan as Christ and Edmund as Judas
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Allusion
Reference to something else
"...Estrella realized words could become as excruciating as rusted nails piercing the heels of her bare feet."(Under the Feet of Jesus, by Helena Maria Viramontes)
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Apostrophe
an exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically one who is dead or absent) or thing (typically one that is personified).
"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are
Like a diamond in the sky.”(Jane Taylor)
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Attitude
perspective or tone of the writer he adopts in a certain work.
“All morons hate it when you call them a moron.”
“Catholics are always trying to find out if you’re Catholic.”
(The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger)
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Connotation
a meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly.
A dove implies peace or gentility.
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Denotation
literal or dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its connotative or associated meanings.
“And on a day we meet to walk the line
And set the wall between us once again.
We keep the wall between us as we go.
To each the boulders that have fallen to each.”(Robert Frost, "Mending Wall")
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Diction
style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.
“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter: therefore, ye soft pipes, play on”(Keats, "Ode to the Grecian Urn")
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Euphemism
“Royal wench!
She made great Caesar lay his sword to bed.
He plowed her, and she cropped.”(William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra)
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Foreshadow
writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
"Life were better ended by their hate,
Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love”(Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet)
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Hyperbole
Exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.
He is as heavy as an elephant!
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Imagery
use figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.
He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee. – “whiff” and “aroma” evoke our sense of smell or olfactory sense.
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Irony
a difference between the appearance and the reality.
I posted a video on YouTube about how boring and useless YouTube is.
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Metaphor
an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics.
The assignment was a breeze.
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Mood
evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.
“The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on.”
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Metonymy
the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant
suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing.
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Paradox
use of concepts or ideas that are contradictory to one another, yet, when placed together hold significant value on several levels.
High walls make not a palace; full coffers make not a king.
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Parody
an imitation of a particular writer, artist or a genre, exaggerating it deliberately to produce a comic effect.
Somewhere in la Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember, a gentleman lived not long ago, one of those who has a lance and ancient shield on a shelf and keeps a skinny nag and a greyhound for racing.
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Point of View
the manner in which a story is narrated or depicted and who it is that tells the story.
FIRST PERSON EXAMPLE: "I drove a car to work."
SECOND PERSON: "You drove a car to work"
THIRD PERSON: "Bob drove a car to work"
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Personification
the practice of attaching human traits and characteristics with inanimate objects, phenomena and animals.
"The raging winds"
Onomatopoeia
words whose very sound is very close to the sound they are meant to depict.
grunt, huff, buzz and snap
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Oxymoron
allows the author to use contradictory, contrasting concepts placed together in a manner that actually ends up making sense in a strange, and slightly complex manner.
Sometimes we cherish things of little value.
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Satire
the practice of making fun of a human weakness or character flaw.
TV series Southpark uses satire as it primary for drawing attention the flaws in society, especially American society at present.
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Simile
drawing parallels or comparisons between two unrelated and dissimilar things, people, beings, places and concepts. Similes are marked by the use of the words ‘as’ or ‘such as’ or ‘like’.
He is like a mouse in front of the teacher.
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Symbol
representative of several other aspects, concepts or traits than those that are visible in the literal translation alone. Symbol is using an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
“a new dawn” does not talk only about the actual beginning of a new day but also signifies a new start, a fresh chance to begin and the end of a previous tiring time.
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Synecdoche
uses a part of something to refer to the whole or vice versa.
“Weary feet in the walk of life”, does not refer to the feet actually being tired or painful; it is symbolic of a long, hard struggle through the journey of life and feeling low, tired, unoptimistic
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Tone
the perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific character, place or development.
Harry Potter series, author J.K. Rowling has taken an extremely positive, inspiring and uplifting tone towards the idea of love and devotion, especially through Harry Potter and his family and friends.
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