ENGL 1F95 Lecture : Lecture 5
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Why? roadmap that has argumentative ideas going on as well. Simile/metaphor: a comparison between two distinctly different things is indicated or suggested (a=b) three parts to the figure: tenor, vehicle, and ground. Ground: properties of the vehicle that are applied to the tenor. Important note: not all possible attributes of the vehicle will apply (warriors are also good fighters, but this might not be relevant. ) Metonymy/synecdoche: the literal term for one thing is applied to another with which it is associated (used more often in prose) when a part is associated with a whole. Personification: either an inanimate or an abstract object is spoken of as if it were endowed with life or human attributes (eg. the rose blushes) Apostrophe: (related to personification): addressing someone or something invisible or not ordinarily spoken to (eg. love!) Overstatement or hyperbole: a statement containing exaggeration for effect (shakespeare"s by heaven! )
