John Updike Language Analysis

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Alliteration The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words. Allusion A brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or ficticious, or to a work of art. An allusion may be drawn from history, geography, literature, or religion Anastrophe A.nas.tro.phe n. Inversion of the normal syntactic order of words, for example: To market went she.[Gk. anastrophe. Assonance The repetition of vowel sounds but not consonant sounds as in consonance. Climax The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story. The climax represents the point of greatest tension in the work. The climax of John Updike's "A&P," for example, occurs when Sammy quits his job as a cashier. Connotation An implied meaning of a word. Opposite of denotation Consonance…show more content…
Denotation The literal meaning of a word, the dictionary meaning. Opposite of connotation Hyperbole Exaggeration or overstatement. Opposite of Understatement Imagery Language that evokes one or all of the five senses: seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, touching. Internal Rhyme Rhyming within a line. Metaphor the comparison of two UNLIKE things. Simile, personification, anthropomorphism, hyperbole, parable, fable, animism, and analogy are metaphors Meter The rhyme established by a poem, and it is usually idependent not only on the number of syllables in a line, but also on the way those syllables are accented Mood The emotional attitude the author takes towards hir subject. Similar to Tone. Onomatopoeia A word that imitates the sound it represents Oxymoron Putting two contradictory words together. Personification Giving human qualities to animals or objects. Puns The usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound. Rhyme Scheme Rhymed words at the ends of lines.

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