Figurative Language
Visually descriptive
What is Imagery?
Order of arrangement of words in a sentence.
What is Syntax?
“The medicine man told Okonkwo in a cool, confident voice.”
What is Denotation?
“She set the pot on the fire and Okonkwo took up his machete to return to his obi.”
What is Indirect Narration?
A novel, poem, or image that can be interpreted to expose a secret message, usually moral or political.
What is Allegory?
Exaggerated statements
What is Hyperbole?
The choice of words
What is Diction?
"He was a very strong man and rarely felt fatigue."
What is a denotation?
"...like a comrade who answered my question of how he had gotten over his edema, by confessing “I have wept it out of my system.”
What is Free Indirect Narration?
correspondence or partial similarity
What is Anology?
Attributing human characteristics to something nonhuman.
What is personification?
Form of language specific to a place/social area.
What is Dialect?
“In spite of all the enforced physical and mental primitiveness of the life in a concentration camp, it was possible for spiritual life to deepen.”
What is Connotation?
“I will come with you too.” Ekwefi said firmly."
What is Direct Narrartion?
A metaphor that is developed in great detail
What are Extended Metaphors?
The figure of speech involving the comparison of two things to make the description more dramatic.
What is Simile?
A word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation.
What is Colloquialism?
'They surely had regular opportunities to take baths, we thought sadly."
What is Denotation?
“Once upon a time…” Enzima began."
What is Direct Narration?
An artistic work that imitates the style of another artist, montage.
What is Pastiche?
The figure of speech in which word or phrase is applied to an object or action that is not literary applicable.
What is a Metaphor?
Is an act or instance of placing two elements close together or side by side.
What is Juxtaposition?
“In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to ife by answering for his own life. “
What is Connotation?
“I am grateful that fate has hit me so hard.” she told me.?
What is Direct Narration?
A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.
What is Paradox?