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a story in which people, things and events have another meaning
ex. Pilgrims progress, animal farm |
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| multiple meanings a literary work may communicate, especially two meanings that are incompatible |
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direct address to something that is not present
ex all quiet- Earth Earth , bright star where would i stead fast |
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| writing filled with exaggerated literaty devices and ornate diction and sentence structure |
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| something that draws attention away from the central issue |
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| the name of one object/ idea is used for another to which it is closely related ex. white house-president |
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| the state of appearing truthful or probable |
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| the implications of a word or phrase, as opposed to its exact meaning. ex both China and Cathay denote a region in Asia, but to a modern readerm the associations of the two words are different |
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| a device of style or subject matter so often used that it becomes a recognized means of expression |
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| the dictionary meaning of a word, as opposed to connotation |
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| explicitly instructive ex popes Essay on Man |
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| the use of material unrelted to the subject of a work. ex Mr Mccutcheon |
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a pithy saying, often using contrast
short saying |
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| a figure or speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness such as deceased for dead |
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| characterized by distortions or incongruities flannery oconners work |
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| deliberate exaggeration, overstatement the strongest man in the world, diamond as big as the ritz |
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| the special language of a profession or group ex lawyers |
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| accurate to the matter, concrete |
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| songlike, characterized by emotionb, subjectivity and imagination |
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| combination of opposites, jumbo shrimp, civil war |
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| a story designed to suggest a principle, illustrate a moral, or awser a question |
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| a composition that imitates the style of another composition normally for comic relief |
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| a figurative use of language that endows the nonhuman ideas, objects, animal and abstractions with human characteristics |
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| a quality of some fiction narrators whose words the reader can trust yellow wallpaper |
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| a question asked for an effect not for a reply question only has one anwser |
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| a speech inwhich a character who is alone speaks is or her thought aloud |
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| a conventional pattern, expression character or idea, georg`e and lennie |
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| a form or reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn |
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| the theme meaning or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support |
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