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| word choice intended to convey a certain effect |
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| the dictionary's definition of a word |
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| refers to the feelings or attitudes associated with a word |
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| speech of a particular region or group as it differs from those of real or imaginary standard speech |
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| a play on the meaning of words |
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| the use of any object, person, place, or action that both has a meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself, such as a qualitiy, attitude, belief, or value |
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| an explicit comparison between two unlike things signaled by the use of like or as |
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| an implied comparison between two unlike things |
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| an exteded metaphor that is carried throughout a selection |
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| a kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics |
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| the greek workd from which irony is derived meant "liar" or "dissemble" and in using iron, the writer takes on a voice that states the opposite of what is expected |
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| deliberate exaggeration for emphasis |
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| the opposite of hyperbole; it is an irony that deliberately represents something as being much less than it really is |
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| occurs when the elements of a statement contradict each other |
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| a form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single expression |
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| repetition of the same consonant sorund at the beginning of words |
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| a form of personification in which the absent or dead are spoken to as if present and the inanimate, as if animate |
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| a reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place or thing |
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| a form of a metaphor in which part of something is used to signify the whole or visa versa |
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| designation of one thing with something closely associated with it |
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| an event in which the essential nature of something a person a situation an object is suddenly percieved; it is an intuitive grasp of reality in a quick flash of regnition |
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| characters designed to contrast each other in personality or physical appearance |
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| a contrast of thoughts situations or ideas |
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| the use of a sword or phrase thast is less espressive or direct but is considered less distatefull or offensive than another |
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