Literary+Terms


 * || Defintion || Example from text || effect ||
 * Personification || A comparative figure of speech when inanimate (non-living) objects or ideas are given human qualities. Used to create more vivid imagery. ||  ||   ||
 * Repetition || Exactly how it sounds - repeating words, phrases or verses in a text. ||  ||   ||
 * simile || A comparative figure of speech- a person or object is said to be like another, or quatilites of the person or object are compater to another. Recognised by the flagwords 'like' and 'as' ||  ||   ||
 * onomatopaeia || A figure of speech, where the sound of a word is the same as its meaning. Enhances meaning and imagery. ||  ||   ||
 * metaphor || A comparative figure of speech. Compares unlike things. Goes further than a simile by saying that one thing is another. If carried throughout the text it can be reffered to as an extended metaphor. Creates more vivid images and gets us more involved in the text by requiring us to think. ||  ||   ||
 * Jargon || Language that is particular to a gorup in society. Differs from slang for two reasons: Slang is language common to a social group, whereas jargon is common to a professional, technical or business group. Slang is unacceptable in formal situations. Jargon is 'sort of' acceptable. Where slang is often an abuse of English, Jargon is not. eg: computerese; for those into computers, legales; for the lawyers and legal world. Jargon is a type of shorthand and can also be abonding thing, it is a way of controlling the conversation- excluding outsiders. ||  ||   ||
 * Vernacular || The native language of a place or area. Language common to the people of a place. Differs from formal language that has been inherited. ||  ||   ||
 * Parody || An imitation or mimicking of a text, especially using exaggeration to create humour. A form of styre. Usually an imitation of style or structure. A very effective way of criticising a cmposer or a group of people without seeming offensive ||  ||   ||
 * Irony || When the meaning that the audience is to understand differes from what is actually being said or done. Verbal irony is where the literal meaning of the words spoken by a person is opposite to the intended message. Used to highlight a contradiction between what is and what should be. ||  ||   ||