Implicit Meanings in literary devices
What is understood but not clearly being stated
What is Implicit
What is Connotation
It is what the text is literally about?
To make a long oration or speak at length?
What is harangue
Authors use this to convey their tone and perspective (more often than not indirectly)?
What is humor
What is a person, place or object that has a specific meaning in itsself but also stands for an idea or an emotion beyond its literal meaning?
What is Symbolism
The meaning is objective, with no associated negative or positive emotions surrounding it?
What is Denotation
It is specifically linked to one story and closely related to themes. At times it is hard to separate them?
What is Central ideas
Tending to diminish or disappear swiftly?
What is evanescent
A literary device or a literary genre that uses humor or irony to ridicule customs, institutions, or social practices with the intent of exposing a need for change?
What is Satire
Indirect reference to a person, object, historical event, or literary work that the audience is familiar with?
What is Allusion
A word that shares the same denotation as another word?
What is a Synonym
Both of these are important in determining themes?
What is subject and central ideas
Seeming incapable of wearing out; tireless?
What is indefatigable
A literary device in which an author uses a harsher form of irony to express disapproval, often by mockingly stating the opposite of what is actually meant. Can also be presented as a compliment that is, in reality, deep contempt?
What is Sarcasm
Creates a connection between two things or ideas, based on similarities of the two?
What is an Analogy
It's a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response etc...?
What is a Nuance
It's a central message or universal truth the author conveys through the characters and plot
What is a theme
intrusive; meddlesome?
What is officious
A literary device that creates emphasis by intentionally giving less significance to a situation than it really has, or saying less than is actually true?
What is understatement
Is the use of words whose sounds repeat what the word represents?
What is Onomatopoeia
An adjective meaning continuing without interruption?
What is incessant
It's a lesson readers learn after reading a text?
What is a theme
Dweller or inhabitant?
What is denizen
A literary device in which words are used in a way that implies the opposite of their literal meaning; can also exist in a situation that is the reverse of what might be expected?
What is Irony