Figurative Language
a type of comparison using "like" or "as" that likens two objects or concepts to each other
simile
The subject of the sentence:
A victorious flock of sheep cheered in glee.
flock
a sudden moment of realization
epiphany
repeated vowel sounds
assonance
the speaker, exigence, purpose, audience, context, and message/thesis/subject
rhetorical situation
a type of comparison that assigns a human trait or quality to a nonhuman object, entity, or idea
personification
a subject and its predicate
clause
the opposite of understatement; exaggeration
hyperbole
the meter of blank verse
iambic pentameter
when a speaker attempts to relate to an intended audience’s emotions and/or values
appeal to pathos
an implied comparison between two (usually unrelated) concepts or objects in order to reveal or emphasize one or more similarities and/or differences between them
metaphor
The italicized part of this sentence is what kind of clause?
When they laid him on the floor they said he'd been taller than all other men because there was barely enough room for him in the house, but they thought that maybe the ability to keep on growing after death was part of the nature of certain drowned men.
suboordinate
a word, phrase, or clause that precedes its referent
antecedent
when a poem is addressed to a person, object, or idea other than the reader
apostrophe
"into the middle" of a narrative
in medias res
a type of comparison in which a complex idea is compared to a simpler idea, making the complex idea easier to comprehend
analogy
The main verb in this sentence:
But when I came downstairs he was dressed, sitting by the fire, looking a very sick and miserable boy of nine years.
was
how narrators, characters, or speakers understand their circumstances, informed by background, personality traits, biases, and relationships
perspective
a poem structure composed of three quatrains, in which a problem is presented, followed by a couplet, in which a resolution is proposed
(Shakespearean) sonnet
Because arguments are usually part of ongoing conversation, effective arguments often avoid expressing claims, reasoning, and evidence in ______ terms.
absolute
a unified pattern of recurring objects or images used to emphasize a significant idea in large parts of or throughout a text
motif
The italicized part of this sentence is what kind of phrase?
She is known to her kin as Mamaw, the proud matriarch of her humble clan.
appositive
a character who serves to illuminate, through contrast, the traits, attributes, or values of another character
foil
two stressed syllables together
spondee
Some typical ______s are narration, cause-effect, comparison-contrast, definition, and description.
methods of development