figurative language Flashcards
what is sensory language?
the use of details from the five senses to add color and depth to writing.
what is a sensory detail?
include sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste. writers employ the 5 senses to engage the reader.
what figurative language?
word, phrases, or expressions, not meant to be interpreted.
what is an idiom?
an expression that has a meaning or particular to language or region.
what is a metaphor?
figure if speech on which one thing I’d referred to as if it were another.
what is a simile?
figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using the words like or as.
what is personification?
when a non-human object is given human characteristics.
what is an analogy?
a comparison of the particular resemblances of things that are otherwise not like each other.
what is a memoir?
a historical account or biography written from personal knowledge or special sources.
