Figurative Language Vocabulary

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Figurative Language Vocabulary
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figurative speech or writing that departs from
literal meaning in order to achieve a special
effect or meaning
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literal speech or writing that is not
exaggerated true and exact
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imagery the formation of mental images,
figures, or likenesses of things
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idiom an expression whose meaning is not
predictable from the usual meanings of its words,
as kick the bucket or hang one's head
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personification giving human characteristics or
personal nature to inanimate objects or abstract
ideas
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onomatopoeia the formation of a word, as cuckoo
or boom, by imitation of a sound made
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simile a figure of speech in which two unlike
things are compared using like or as
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metaphor a figure of speech in which two unlike
things are compared by saying one thing is
another
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hyperbole A figure of speech in which
exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as
in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a
ton
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alliteration The repetition of the same sounds
or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning
of words or in stressed syllables, as in "on
scrolls of silver snowy sentences"
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symbolism the practice of representing things
by symbols, or of giving things special meaning.
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denotation The most specific or direct meaning
of a word, in contrast to its figurative or
associated meanings.
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connotation An idea or meaning suggested by or
associated with a word or thing Hollywood holds
connotations of romance and glittering success.