Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Figurative Language

Onomatopoeia: the formation of a word by imitating a sound. 


Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied tosomething to which it is not literally applicable in order tosuggest a resemblance.


Simile: a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, using "like" or "as".  


Rhyme: identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of wordsor lines of verse. 


Personification: the attribution of a personal nature or character toinanimate objects or abstract notions, especially as arhetorical figure.


Repetition: the act of repeating; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation.


Hyperbole: obvious and intentional exaggeration.


Alliteration: the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group.


Assonance: resemblance of sounds in vowels. 


Imagery: appealing to something with your 5 senses. 


Allusion: a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention ofsomething, either directly or by implication. 


Allegory: a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning throughconcrete or material forms; figurative treatment of onesubject under the guise of another.


Understatement: the act or an instance of understanding or representing in a weakor restrained way that is not borne out by the facts.


Irony: the use of words to convey a meaning that is the oppositeof its literal meaning.


Synecdoche: figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or thewhole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special.


Apostrophe: is a figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present and was able to reply. 

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