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synesthesia |
an analogy/ comparaison that combines senses to give a clear image |
senses |
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image |
a piece of news from the world outside or from our own bodies which is brought into the light of consciousness through one of the senses |
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simile |
an unusual comparaison between two essentially different items specifically stated with the use of 'like' or 'as' |
like or as |
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metaphor |
an unusual comparison between two essentially different items in which the first takes the quality of the second |
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5 sensory images |
- visual -auditory -tactile -olfactory -gustatory |
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abstract image |
ideas or qualities that have no material existence |
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paraphrase |
take someone else's words and put it in your own |
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personification |
giving an inanimate object a human quality |
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analogy |
an unusual comparison between two levels of aspects: Nature and Humans |
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mythology |
understanding of ancient stories that 'created' our world of today |
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concrete image |
existing in physical/has a bodily form/ has substance |
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allusion |
an indirect reference to a person, thing, place or idea |
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paradox |
2 statements put side by side that seem to contradict but give a clear image |
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oxymoron |
2 opposite words put side by side to give a deeper understanding |
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irony |
2 statements: one is spoken and contradicts the one unspoken |
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motif |
a distinctive feature or dominant idea in a literary composition |
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alliteration |
when several words begin with the same consonant |
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monologue |
several people on stage, but one actor has the longest text/speech |
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soliloquy |
one person on stage talking to the audience |
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aside |
several people on stage, but one actor aside speaking to the audience about what he/she thinks |
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characters |
-primary~ Macbeth -secondary~ Banquo, witches -nemesis~ Macduff |
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conflict |
-internal~ mental -external~ physical |
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foreshadowing |
predicting facts or things that might happen in the future (apparitions) |
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Pathetic fallacy |
visual/auditory stimuly to convain a message |
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dramatic irony |
when the audience know something the actors don't |
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theme |
a fundamental statement about human nature (honorable person twisted into evil) |
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