A provincial, rural, or socially distinct variwty of a language that differs from the standard language, especially when considered as substandard.
Ex:"Reckon is have. Almost died first year I come to school and et them pecans-- folks said he pizened 'em and put 'em over on the school side of the fence."
A figure of speech composed of contradictory words or phrases.
Ex: Jumbo Shrimp.
A short, often witty statement of a principle or a truth about life.
Ex:"Early bird gets the worm."
A figure of speech that uses the name of an object, person,or idea to represent something with which it is associated.
Ex: "The crown"= Monarch.
An act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
Ex: "All's fair in love and war."
A word or phrase (including slang) used in everyday conversation and informal writing but that is often inappropriate in formal writing.
Ex: "Y'all ain't ready for this."
Usually in poetry but sometimes in prose; the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction.
Ex: "Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, and through curtains call on us?"
Commas used (with no conjunction) to separate a series of words. These parts are emphasized equally when the conjunction is omitted, in addiction, the use of commas with no intervening conjunction speeds up the flow of the statement. Takes the form of X, Y, Z as opposed to X, Y, and Z.
Ex:"I came, I saw, I conquered. "
An extended narrative in prose or verse in which characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface of the story; the underlying meaning may be moral, religious, social, or satiric.
Ex: "Faerie Queene" by Edmund Spenser, meant to be a religious and moral allegory.
A figure of speech in which a part of something is used to present a whole.
Ex: "Sails" = whole ship.
The presentation of two contrasting images. The ideas are balanced by word, phrase, clause, or paragraphs.
Ex:''Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing."
A reference to a well-known person, place, or thing from literature, history, etc.
Ex: Garden of Eden, where Adam and Eve lived before eating the forbidding fruit.
A characterizing word or phrase firmly associated with a person or thing and often used in pf an actual name, title, or the like, as "man's best friend" for "dog."
Ex: The piano man (Billy Joel.)
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