figurative Language Flashcards
Apostrophe
Addressing someone or something
Allusion
A reference to something in history or literature
Figurative language
Writing or speech not meant to be taken literally figure of speech
Hyperbole
Gross exaggeration for effect and emphasis
Idioms
Expressions that do not translate exactly into what a speaker means
Imagery
Devices which appeal to the senses
Auditory imagery
Sound imagery
Gustatory imagery
Imagery that appeals to the sense of taste
Kinetic imagery
Imagery that appeals to movement
Olfactory imagery
Appeals to the sense of smell
Tactile imagery
Type of imagery pertaining to the sense of touch
Visual imagery
Type of imagery that appeals to sight
Metaphor
A figure of speech wherein a comparison is made between two unlike quantities without the use of words “like” or “as”
Onomatopoeia
The use of a word to represent or to imitate natural sounds
Personification
Figure of speech in which inanimate objects are given human characteristics.
