literary devices. definitions tenor – idea, what am i trying to describe vehicle – means of...
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Definitions• Tenor – Idea, what am I trying to
describe
• Vehicle – Means of Comparison illuminates the tenor
• Connotations - Associations
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Metaphors• Comparison
• Her eyes were pools of blue diamonds
• Tenor – her eyes• Vehicle – pools of blue diamonds• Connotations?
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Metaphors con’t• A mighty fortress is our God.
• Tenor – Our God• Vehicle – mighty fortress• Connotations?
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Simile• Comparison using like or as
• My love is like a red, red rose.
• Tenor – love• Vehicle – red, red rose• Connotations?
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Simile con’t• I love you like a fat kid loves cake.
• Tenor – love• Vehicle – fat kid loves cake• Connotations?
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Synesthesia• Comparing things with senses
• Loud shirt
• Tenor – shirt• Vehicle – loud• Connotations?
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Synesthesia con’t• He’s hot
• Tenor – he• Vehicle – hot• Connotations?
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Synechdoche• Part is the vehicle for an implied
whole
• All eyes up here
• Tenor – implied person• Vehicle – eyes• Connotations?
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Implied Metaphor• Look at verb, tenor and vehicle not
obvious
• You got me twisted
• Tenor – me• Vehicle – something twisted• Connotations?
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Implied Metaphor con’t• She flew into the room
• Tenor – she• Vehicle – a bird• Connotations?
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Metonymy• Something used to represent an
idea
• The White House issued the order lastnight.
• Tenor – American Government, power, Bush
• Vehicle – White House
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Metonymy con’t• You’ve gotta have heart.
• Tenor – you• Vehicle – emotion, live, love,
laugh, soul, passion
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Personification• Way to describe something inanimate by
giving living characteristics, form of implied metaphor
• The wind whispered
• Tenor – sound• Vehicle – whispered• Connotations?
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Onomatopoeia• When something is named for the
sound it makes, tenor usually implied
• He banged his head on the desk.
• Tenor – sound and action of banging• Vehicle – banged
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Symbol• Word or object that stands for
another word or object
• White dove – peace
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Irony• Opposition or disagreement
between what a writer says and what actually happens
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Situational Irony• Disagreement between
expected results and what is actually going to happen.
• A man dies on the way to the airport who is afraid of flying.
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Verbal Irony• Author says one thing and
really means something else.
• It is raining out and it says lovely weather.
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Tragic/Dramatic Irony• The audience knows
something that the characters do not.
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Paradox• Opposites that contradict each other
but still make sense, to think deeper• If God is omnipotent can he create a rock
so heavy that he himself cannot lift it?• He can make anything, but he can also lift
anything.• Lonely in a crowd.• Deep down he is deeply shallow.