Figurative Language
simile
a comparison of two unlike things using as or like.
Ex: The sea was as flat as a plate-glass window.
Allusion
an indirect reference to some commonly known place, person, or event.
Ex: came like a thief in the night
ornery
bad-tempered and combative.
ethos
credible/experience/right vs wrong.
Ex: “We must not allow our creative protests to degenerate into physical violence.”
First person
Narrators pov
I, we, me
metaphor
a comparison of two unlike things using as or like.
Ex: The snow is a white blanket
extended metaphor
a continuation of the same metaphor throughout the speech.
Ex: “And so we have come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.”
nonchalant
(of a person or manner) feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed; not displaying anxiety, interest, or enthusiasm.
pathos
emotional appeal.
Ex: “We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating “For Whites Only.”
Second Person
usually used in instructions
ex: you
alliteration
the repetition of the same beginning consonant sound at the begging of the word.
Ex: Silly students skip silently.
Assonance
the repetition of the sound of a vowel.
Ex: The men sell the wedding bells.
eluded
evade or escape from (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way.
logos
logical conclusions/facts.
Ex: “When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was the promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
third person limited
the narrator telling one characters feelings and emotions; or 3rd person pov.
Juxtaposition
two things placed together to create a contrasting effect.
Ex: Better late than never.
metonymy
word or phrase used to stand in for another word/substitute an attribute for the name.
Ex: ‘big house’ for prison
unfathomable
incapable of being fully explored or understood.
third person omniscient
knows the thoughts and feeling of all
Anaphora
the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of clauses that follow one after the other.
Ex: “Go back to Mississippi. Go back to Alabama. Go back to South Carolina. GO back to Georgia. Go back to Lousinana.”
hyperbole
and
personification
hyperbole- an intentionally exaggerated statement.
Ex: I haven’t seen you in a million years.
personification-
attaching human characteristics to a nonhuman thing.
Ex: Lightning danced across the sky.
imploringly
making an earnest or desperate appeal.
third person objective
just tells the story
doesnt know anyones thoughts or feelings