ENGL 3020 Chapter : English 3020 Glossary Of Literary Terms Part 2
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English 3020: glossary of literary terms part 2. Imagery - the use of language in writing to appeal to the senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, or touch. Irony - language in which the intended meaning is different from or opposite to the literal meaning. Verbal irony includes overstatement (hyperbole), understatement, and opposite statement. Dramatic irony occurs when a reader or an audience is aware of things a character is ignorant of or when the speech and action of a character reveal him to be different from what he believes himself to be. Metaphor - a figurative expression in which one object is equated with a second unlike object: she is a jewel. Metonymy - a figure of speech in which a word stands for a closely related idea. In the expression "the pen in mightier than the sword," pen and sword are metonymies for written ideas and physical force, respectively.
