From 362cd5aa245d286a173536be04685746a438daeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: eggy Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:14:58 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] eng: upgrade literary term definitions and examples --- docs/eng3uz.md | 26 +++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/eng3uz.md b/docs/eng3uz.md index c845857..3ef7972 100644 --- a/docs/eng3uz.md +++ b/docs/eng3uz.md @@ -8,29 +8,33 @@ The course code for this page is **ENG3UZ**. - Allusion: A brief and indirect reference to a thing or idea of significance. - e.g., *"Look at Einstein over there, thinking he's so smart."* - - Anecdote: A short and interesting story or event used to support a point. - - e.g., *"You should all be grateful! When I was a young lad, there was this girl that I liked, so what did I do about it? I went straight-up told to her face that I loved her! Of course, she smacked me away as if I were a stray dog, but if I was able to stand up to someone like her, you young'uns should be able to send a simple text message!"* + - Anecdote: A short and usually personal story used to support a point. +- e.g., *"You should all be grateful! When I was a young lad, there was this girl that I liked, so what did I do about it? I went straight-up told to her face that I loved her! Of course, she smacked me away as if I were a stray dog, but if I was able to stand up to someone like her, you young'uns should be able to send a simple text message!"* - Hyperbole: An exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis. - e.g., *"If you null pointer me one more time I am going to crush you into two billion pieces!"* - - Imagery: The usage of figurative language to describe concepts in a way that invokes the **senses**. + - Imagery: The use of words to describe concepts in a way that involves the five senses. - e.g., *"My mother…how sweet and juicy her tender limbs are."* - - Metaphor: An implicit comparison between two unlike things without the use of "like" or "as". + - Metaphor: An implicit comparison between two unlike things without the use of "like" or "as", used especially to describe abstract ideas indirectly. - e.g., *"My computer is an absolute potato."* - - Simile: An explicit comparison between two unlike things *with* the use of "like" or "as". + - Simile: An explicit comparison between two unlike things *with* the use of "like" or "as", used especially to describe abstract ideas indirectly. - e.g., *"She's as stupid as an elephant!"* - - Litotes: An understatement by negating a positive or negative expression. + - Litotes: An understatement by negating a very positive or negative expression. - e.g., *"My marks aren't the best in the world."* - Personification: The application of human concepts to non-humans, such as human-like speech. This is a common example of a metaphor. - e.g., *The rock blinked at me with a cute face unlike any other I had seen before. "…Owo. Uwu?"* - - Adjectives and adverbs: Words that describe and modify nouns and verbs, respectively. + - Adjectives and adverbs: Words that directly describe and modify nouns and verbs, respectively. - e.g., *The traitorous man died painfully.* ### Sound - - Alliteration: A number of words with the same beginning consonant sound that appear close together in sequence. + - Alliteration: A number of words with the same beginning sound that appear close together. - e.g., *The dancing damsel dazzled the crowd.* - - Assonance: A repetition of similar vowel sounds in words close to each other in a sentence. - - e.g., *"Oh, please let her go."* + - Assonance: A number of words with the same vowel sound, not at the beginning, that appear close together. + - e.g., *The cat in the hat knows a lot about that!* + - Cacophony: The use of words and phrases that are harsh to the ear by using consonants that require pressure to to say (e.g., p, b, d, g, k, ch-, sh-). + - e.g., *How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?* + - Consonance: A number of words with the same consonant sound, not at the beginning, that appear close together. + - e.g., *Shelley sells shells by the seashore.* - Dialect: A regional variety of language with spelling, grammar, and pronunciation that differentiates a population from others around them. - e.g., *"There's five of them dirty ducks flappin' out and about, sir!"* - Euphony: The use of words and phrases that are pleasing to the ear by using long vowel sounds, harmonious constants (l, m, n, r, f, v), and soft consonants or semi-vowels (w, s, y, th, wh). @@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ The course code for this page is **ENG3UZ**. - Dactyl: Three syllables, in which the first is stressed while the rest are unstressed. - e.g., *"Marvelous!"* - Iamb: Two syllables, in which the first is unstressed while the second is stressed. - - e.g., *"You* ***stu****pid* ***id****iot."* + - e.g., *To be, or not to be, that is the question.* - Spondee: Two syllables, both of which are stressed. - e.g., *"Rage, rage against the dying of the light"* (Dylan Thomas) - Trochee: Two syllables, in which the first is stressed while the second is unstressed.