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Expressions - informal, not always grammatically correct expressions that find acceptance in geographical areas and within certain groups of people.
"Ya'll" |
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The emotional implications that a wrod carries.
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| Work with two levels of meaning; literal & symbolic characters, objects, & events that represent abstract qualities. |
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Nickname
"Helen of white arms." |
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Substitute words that sounds better than another.
"Lingerie instead of underwear." |
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An impolite way or substitute of words that sound worse.
Ogre-like instead of ugly. |
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A quality of style marked by pleasing, harmonious sounds (the opposite of cacophony).
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| Continued throughout a work. |
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Repitition of words.
"Bells, bells, bells." |
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| Exaggeration for the effect emphasis. |
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Dramatic- Audience knows something the characters don't know.
Situation- Result of action is the reverse of what the actor expected.
Verbal- Contrast between literal meaning and what is meant. |
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| Positioning of ideas or images side by side for emphasis or to show contrast. |
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| An understatement; falls short of magnitude of what was being said. |
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