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FlashCards por Malwina Wojcik, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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| Simile /ˈsɪmɪlɪ/ | Semantic It is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. |
| Metaphor /ˈmɛtəfə/ | Semantic It is a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics (verb: to be) |
| Metonymy /mɪˈtɒnɪmɪ/ | Semantic It is a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated. For example, “Crown” which means power or authority is a metonymy. |
| Synecdoche /sɪnˈɛkdəkɪ/ | Semantic It is a literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part. For example, calling a car “wheels” is a synecdoche because a part of a car “wheels” stands for the whole car. |
| Allegory /ˈælɪɡərɪ/ | Semantic It is a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures and events. |
| Personification | Semantic It is a figure of speech in which a thing – an idea or an animal – is given human attributes. The non-human objects are portrayed in such a way that we feel they have the ability to act like human beings. |
| Hyperbole /haɪˈpɜːbəlɪ/ | Semantic It is a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis. |
| Apostrophe /əˈpɒstrəfɪ/ | Semantic A direct adress to a person or an abstract idea |
| Allusion /əˈluːʒən/ | Semantic It is a brief and indirect reference to a well known person, place, thing or idea |
| Irony | Semantic It is a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. |
| Oxymoron /ˌɒksɪˈmɔːrɒn/ | Semantic It is a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect. |
| Paradox /ˈpærəˌdɒks/ | Semantic It is a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may contain a deeper truth |
| Pun | Semantic A pun is a play on words in which a humorous effect is produced by using a word that suggests two or more meanings or by exploiting similar sounding words having different meanings. |
| Synesthesia /ˌsɪniːsˈθiːzɪə/ | Semantic It refers to a technique adopted by writers to present ideas, characters or places in such a manner that they appeal to more than one senses like hearing, seeing, smell etc. at a given time. |
| Lilotes /ˈlaɪtəʊˌtiːz/ | Semantic Litotes, derived from a Greek word meaning “simple,” is a figure of speech that employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, a positive statement expressed by negating its opposite expressions. For example, using the expression “not too bad” for “very good” |
| Antithesis /ænˈtɪθɪsɪs/ | Semantic It is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. "small step for a man but a giant step for mankind" |
| Euphemism /ˈjuːfɪˌmɪzəm/ | Semantic It refers to polite, indirect expressions which replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite or which suggest something unpleasant. |
| Symbolism | Semantic Symbolism is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. “smile” is a symbol of friendship “A chain,” for example, may stand for “union” as well as “imprisonment” |
| Alliteration /əˌlɪtəˈreɪʃən/ | Sonic It is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series. |
| Assonance /ˈæsənəns/ | Sonic Assonance takes place when two or more words, close to one another repeat the same vowel sound, but start with different consonant sounds. For instance, in the following sentence: “Men sell the wedding bells.” |
| Onomatopoeia /ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpiːə/ | Sonic It is defined as a word, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting. |
| Cacophony /kəˈkɒfənɪ/ | Sonic Use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing and unmelodious sounds primarily those of consonants to achieve desired results. |
| Anaphora /əˈnæfərə/ | Sonic/ Grammatical The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect |
| Asyndeton /əˈsɪndɪˌtɒn/ | Grammatical It is a writing style where conjunctions are omitted in a series of words, phrases or clauses. It is used to shorten a sentence and focus on its meaning. "I came. I saw. I conquered" |
| Polisyndeton | Grammatical It is a figure of speech in which several conjunctions are used to join connected clauses in places where they are not contextually necessary. For example, consider the following sentence: “The dinner was so good; I ate the chicken, and the salad, and the turkey, and the wild rice, and the bread, and the mashed potatoes, and the cranberry sauce.” |
| Chiasmus /kaɪˈæzməs/ | Grammatical It is a rhetorical device in which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect. “Never let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You.” |
| Repetition | Grammatical It is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable. |
| Parallelism /ˈpærəlɛˌlɪzəm/ | Grammatical It is the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter. "To err is human; to forgive divine" |
| Anadiplosis /ˌænədɪˈploʊsɪs/ | Grammatical It refers to the repetition of a word or words in successive clauses in such a way that the second clause starts with the same word which marks the end of the previous clause. “When I give, I give myself.” |
| Epanalepsis | Grammatical Repetition of the same words at the beginning and the end of a sentence. |
| Epiphora | Grammatical Repetition of the same word at the end of each clause. |
| Circumlocution /ˌsɜːkəmləˈkjuːʃən/ | Grammatical The use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive |
| Juxtaposition /ˌdʒʌkstəpəˈzɪʃən/ | Grammatical It is a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts. |
| Archaism /ˈɑːkɪˌɪzəm/ | Semantic It is a figure of speech in which a used phrase or word is considered very old fashioned and outdated. It can be a word, a phrase, a group of letters, spelling, or syntax. |
| Eulogy /ˈjuːlədʒɪ/ | Semantic A eulogy is a literary device that is a laudatory expression in a speech, or a written tribute to a person recently deceased |
| Soliloquy /səˈlɪləkwɪ/ | Semantic It is a popular literary device often used in drama to reveal the innermost thoughts of a character. In a monologue, a character usually makes a speech in the presence of other characters, while in a soliloquy, the character or speaker speaks to himself. By doing so, the character keeps these thoughts secret from the other characters of the play. |
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