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23 Cards in this Set
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something from outside brought into ourselves through the senses
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image
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"That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet"
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an image that is clearly real and solid
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concrete
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"... the shark / Glides white through the phosphorous sea."
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an image meant to represent something else
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abstract
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"And the divine entity was a being of meteorology."
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a prose meaning of a text
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paraphrase
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"And he twas pleased / For he was a live being"
"He was happy cause he wasn't dead." |
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a poem that directly expresses the emotion of its speaker
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lyric
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Western wind, when will thou blow,
The small rain down can rain? Christ! if my love were in my arms, And I in my bed again! |
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a poem that expresses itself self-consciously, in a longer form than a lyric
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ode
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Oh couches are so great,
They are so darn awesome, I sat on one while I ate, And then I lost my kingdom. They are still the best, And I love them oh so much, Even when one's on my chest, As long as it's not a bunch. BTW, that's a really damn bad example. But I hope you get the point. GO COUCHES. |
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a comparison using "like" or "as"
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simile
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"I am like Winston Churchill."
(who's winston churchill?) |
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a comparison not using "like" or "as"
We transfer from one thing the identity of another that we associate with it. |
metaphor
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The heart of a cruel man is a stone.
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if A is like B, then C is like D
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analogy
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CDs are to DVDs as Medal of Honour is to Call of Duty - faster, but worse.
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interpretation of data of one sense in terms of another
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synesthesia
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"To the bugle, every colour is red."
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an incomplete reference that those who share our knowledge will understand
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allusion
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"Out, out, silly monk!"
refers to Shakespeare's line in Macbeth: "Out, out, brief candle! / Life's but a walking shadow..." |
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giving an inanimate object human characteristics
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personification
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The D is desperate for recognition and love.
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stories that use personification to explain things
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mythology
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Leda and the Swan
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"a part for the whole"
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synecdoche
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All hands on deck!
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referring to something with a name associated with it
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metonymy
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"I saw the Axe today!"
"The scepter, learning, physic must All follow this, and come to dust." |
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an image that stands for more than it denotes
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symbol
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A dagger is a symbol of murder.
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a narrative in which characters and their actions stand for ideas on a different level
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allegory
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Stories such as Aesop's fables.
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statement that implies a contradiction
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paradox
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"Born but to die, and reasoning but to err..."
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linking opposite words with different meanings
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oxymoron
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Military intelligence, sports bar, etc.
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directing attention to a play of opposites
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irony
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Saying "lovely weather!" in the middle of an icy downpour.
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an image that is not directly or entirely given
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withheld image
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Guess what?
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asserting a truth while denying the opposite
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litotes
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Not bad!
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dramatic overstatement
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hyperbole
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That was the best f'king cracker I've ever had!
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