Literary Features - word needed

[emmar]

Hi,

I'm doing a critical analysis essay on an extract from The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville. Does anybody know the term used to describe the literary feature by which an adjective describes a word which is not normaly associated with.

For example:
"a big quiet light"
"a band of sun cast a slice of black shadow"

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

[cliosmum]

Could be oxymoron

[SuperPigeon]

It isnt an oxymoron because thats where you use opposites in the same sense... ie Living Dead

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_devices is a list of literary devices. I cant seem to find yours exactly but it could be personification.... not sure.

hope this helps

[emmar]

Thank you both for your help,
I'm not certain that it is one definite one from that list - perhaps its personification of a sort, but i also found another term from that list which will be helpful for another section of my essay. So thank you :)