FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE Flashcards
Literary authors use __________ or figures of speech to deliver a more effective, persuasive, and impactful message.
Literary authors use figurative language or figures of speech to deliver a more effective, persuasive, and impactful message.
An __________ is a comparison that presents the similarities between two concepts or ideas.
An analogy is a comparison that presents the similarities between two concepts or ideas.
A ______ is a word, a phrase, a sentence, or a whole text that used to be perceived as clever but has become __________. One reason may be through frequency of use and that it no longer provides surprise to the reader nor vivid imagery
Cliché - Démodé
__________ is the secondary or suggestive meaning of the word, one that is not its literal or primary meaning in the dictionary. To better understand connotation, it would be helpful to become familiar with denotation as well. __________ is the literal meaning of the word, one that is usually its primary meaning in the dictionary.
Connotation is the secondary or suggestive meaning of the word, one that is not its literal or primary meaning in the dictionary. To better understand connotation, it would be helpful to become familiar with denotation as well. Denotation is the literal meaning of the word
Connotation is the secondary or suggestive meaning of the word, one that is not its literal or primary meaning in the dictionary. To better understand connotation, it would be helpful to become familiar with denotation as well. Denotation is the literal meaning of the word, one that is usually its primary meaning in the dictionary.
_________ is the secondary or suggestive meaning of the word, one that is not its literal or primary meaning in the dictionary. _______ is the literal meaning of the word, one that is usually its primary meaning in the dictionary.
Connotation - Denotation
Euphemism
Euphemism is used to substitute for a description that is considered harsh or blunt. This figurative language is most often used for delicate matters such as sex, death or violence, and embarrassing topics
Euphemism is used to substitute for a description that is considered harsh or blunt. This figurative language is most often used for delicate matters such as sex, death or violence, and embarrassing topics
Hyperbole
Hyperbole is a gross exaggeration to achieve an effect, usually for humor or emphasis.
Hyperbole is a gross exaggeration to achieve an effect, usually for humor or emphasis.
Metaphor
Metaphor compares two seemingly unlike objects that have similar or common characteristics without the use of like or as.
Metaphor compares two seemingly unlike objects that have similar or common characteristics without the use of like or as.
Metonymy
Metonymy is a word or phrase that is substituted for another that is closely associated to it
Metonymy is a word or phrase that is substituted for another that is closely associated to it
Oxymoron
An oxymoron is a combination of two ideas that appear to be opposite or contradictory.
An oxymoron is a combination of two ideas that appear to be opposite or contradictory.
Paradox
A paradox is an assertion that seems to be contradictory or silly but actually reveals some truth.
A paradox is an assertion that seems to be contradictory or silly but actually reveals some truth.
Personification
Personification is a statement or statements wherein an animal, object, or abstract idea is given human attributes or characteristics.
Personification is a statement or statements wherein an animal, object, or abstract idea is given human attributes or characteristics.
paradox
an assertion that seems to be contradictory or silly but actually reveals some truth.
Personification
a statement or statements wherein an animal, object, or abstract idea is given human attributes or characteristics.
Simile
compares two seemingly unlike objects by using the words like or as.
