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The deliberate omission of a word or phrase from prose done for effect by the author. "The whole day, rain, torrents of rain."
What is Ellipses?
A kind of metonymy when a whole is represented by naming one of it's parts, or vice versa.
"Check out my new wheels."
What is Synecdoce
Word or words that create a picture in the reader's mind. usually involves the five senses.
What is imagery?
Is the opposite of literal language.
What is figurative language?
Using words such as "like" or "as" to make a direct comparison between two very different things.
"my feet feel so cold they feel like Popsicle."
What is Simile?
When the opposite of what you expect to happen does?
A comparison of one pair of variable to a parallel set of variables.
"America is to the world as the hippo is to the jungle"
What is Analogy?
Giving human-like qualities to something that is not human
"The tired old truck groaned as it inched up the hill."
What is personification?
When you say something and mean the opposite/ something different.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
What is verbal irony?
Exaggeration
"My mother will kill me if i'm late"
What is Hyperbole?
When an author gives hints about what will occur later in a story.
What is Foreshadowing?
When the audience knows something that the characters don't know, and would be surprised to find out.
What is dramatic irony?
Making an implied comparison, and not using "like", "as" or other words.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!
What is metaphor?
The major category into which a literary work fits.
What is Genre?
Found in the plot of a book, story, or movie. sometimes it makes you laugh because it's funny how things turn out.
What is Situational Irony?