hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
I have told her a million times
I was so hungry I coild eat a horse
metaphor and extnded metaphor
somethign is somethign else
extended metaphor goes on for +1 sentences
he was as sparkly as a shining star
her voicw is music
simile
something is like something
he was like a wall
she was like xx
hurbis
excessive self pride, arrogance,
goes against the gods
bravado
showey and swaggering display of self condifence
can hide insecurity
bathetic movement
a contrast of serious to trival details
(using power to hurt pope)
“You’d better leave a note for Mrs. Pearce about the coffee; for she won’t be told by me”.
reduces conflict to household disagreements
sensory language
describing the sentences
allusion
breif indirect refrene to historycal/lit person author assume reader will understand
analogy
comparison explaining why 2 very different things are alike
people are like staind-glass windows, they shine…lallala
types of irony
verbaal irony: contrast eveden between what said and what they mean
dramatic irony: audience knows smt the chaaracters dont
situational irony: circumstances turn out diff to what expected
oxymoron
words contrast
sweet sorrow
pathetic fallacy
personification of iving human emotions to nature (inanamte objectes)
pathos
appeals to emotions
sympathy, empathy, compassion…
soliloquy
addresses audience, is long and reveals deep inner thoughts.
