Tuesday 3 May 2011

Glossary 

Imagery : Figurative 
Metaphor - the transference of a quality from one thing to another  
Simile - comparing two objects using 'like' or 'as'  
Personification
Symbolism
Analogy
Motif - re occurring symbolism
Extended Metaphor - long

Imagery : Sensory
Hear
Taste
Touch
Feel
Smell 
Rhetorical Devices
Direct Command
Listing
Juxtaposition
Contrast
Compare
Praise
Repetition
Antithetical - opposite to
Ambiguity - a word which has more than one meaning 
Irony - what you don't expect
Sarcasm - language used with a certain amount of hyperbole intended to hurt
Rhetoric - language of persuasion
Paradox - something seems impossible but it is possible
  

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