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Literary Devices. Definitions. Tenor – Idea, what am I trying to describe Vehicle – Means of Comparison illuminates the tenor Connotations - Associations. Metaphors. Comparison Her eyes were pools of blue diamonds Tenor – her eyes Vehicle – pools of blue diamonds Connotations?.
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Definitions • Tenor – Idea, what am I trying to describe • Vehicle – Means of Comparison illuminates the tenor • Connotations - Associations
Metaphors • Comparison • Her eyes were pools of blue diamonds • Tenor – her eyes • Vehicle – pools of blue diamonds • Connotations?
Metaphors con’t • A mighty fortress is our God. • Tenor – Our God • Vehicle – mighty fortress • Connotations?
Simile • Comparison using like or as • My love is like a red, red rose. • Tenor – love • Vehicle – red, red rose • Connotations?
Simile con’t • I love you like a fat kid loves cake. • Tenor – love • Vehicle – fat kid loves cake • Connotations?
Synesthesia • Comparing things with senses • Loud shirt • Tenor – shirt • Vehicle – loud • Connotations?
Synesthesia con’t • He’s hot • Tenor – he • Vehicle – hot • Connotations?
Synechdoche • Part is the vehicle for an implied whole • All eyes up here • Tenor – implied person • Vehicle – eyes • Connotations?
Implied Metaphor • Look at verb, tenor and vehicle not obvious • You got me twisted • Tenor – me • Vehicle – something twisted • Connotations?
Implied Metaphor con’t • She flew into the room • Tenor – she • Vehicle – a bird • Connotations?
Metonymy • Something used to represent an idea • The White House issued the order last night. • Tenor – American Government, power, Bush • Vehicle – White House
Metonymy con’t • You’ve gotta have heart. • Tenor – you • Vehicle – emotion, live, love, laugh, soul, passion
Personification • Way to describe something inanimate by giving living characteristics, form of implied metaphor • The wind whispered • Tenor – sound • Vehicle – whispered • Connotations?
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
Symbol • Word or object that stands for another word or object • White dove – peace
Irony • Opposition or disagreement between what a writer says and what actually happens
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.
Verbal Irony • Author says one thing and really means something else. • It is raining out and it says lovely weather.
Tragic/Dramatic Irony • The audience knows something that the characters do not.
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.