Mrs Herbert Literary Terms Part Ii

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Image

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an image is a picture, printed in language but imagined in the mind

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Imagery

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sensory or pictorial language that is used to enrich meaning. it appeals to the senses. it may be usedd symbolically. Imagery can be conveyed by simile, metaphor, or personification

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Malapropism

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the erroneous substitution for the correct word of a word similar in the sound but very different in meaning ex. progeny for prodigy

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Mataphore

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an implied comparison of two different objects, ideas or actions

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Meter

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the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in metered forms of poetry

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Metonymy

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a figure of speech in which one thing is represented by another that is commonly and often physically associated with it. ex. referring to a monarch as "the crown"

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Motif

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a word, phrase, idea, image, action, character that is repeated throughout part or all of a work for emphasis and unity

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Paradox

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a seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true

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Parallelism

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emphasizing ideas or images by using grammatically similar constructions ex. it was the best of times, it was the worst of times (Dickens)

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Personification

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A figure of speech in which an aspect of nature, an inanimate object, or an abstract idea is treated as if it possessed human qualities

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Poem

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a literary form that emphasizes rhythm and figurative language; poems do not have to rhyme

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Rhetoric

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the art of persuasion through speaking and writing

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Romanticism

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a literary movement popular during the 19th century. Imagination, intuition emotions, and the individual are the focus. Man is inherently good

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Satire

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a literary genre that uses irony , wit and sometimes sarcasm to expose humanity's vices foibles. ex. A Modest Proposal

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Simile

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a figure of speech that is a direct comparison of two different objects, ideas, or actions. Simile uses like or as.

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Symbol

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a representation of something; a word or phrase that functions on two levels. One the surface it literally expresses a concrete image. Below the surface it represents an abstract idea, emotion, or thing

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Synecdoche

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a figure of speech in which a part of soemthing is used to represent the whole or, occasionally, the whole is used to represent a part. ex. the use of sail to refer to a boat

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Syntax

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the arrangement of words within a sentence

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Theme

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the fmain idea, expressed or implied in a work of literature

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Tone

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The specific atmosphere or mooed of a work. It is determined by the writer's attitude toward the subject and created by literary techniques such as setting and language.