unfamiliar text Flashcards
alliteration
sequence of words that start with the same letter
allusion
part of the image is based upon a well known person or story
cliche
familiar phrase
colloquial
slang
connotation
associated feelings with a word
euphemism
mild association with a word
hyperbole
BIG exaggeration for effect
imagery
general term use literal imagery or metaphor or simile instead
irony
saying something different from what is really meant
language techniques
language features
literal
saying something that is really in the scene
loose sentence
ideas just strung to
metaphor
comparison saying something is something else
mixed metaphor
contradiction saying something is something then changing it
motif
recurring symbol
personification
comparing something that is not human to something human
pun
joke using 2 meanings of a word
rhetorical question
a question that the reader does not have to awnser
simile
comparison using like or as
tone
shows the speakers feeling
figiturive language
the unliteral language
denotation
the dictionary meaning of a word
neologism
made up word