Figuartive Language Terms

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  1. 3. Irony The irony in a situation in which the audience or reader has a better understanding of events than the characters in a story do. e.g. Girl in a horror film hides in a closet where the killer just went (the audience knows the killer is there, but she does not).
  2. 4. Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry. e.g. See you later, alligator. Too cool for school. Make or break. Shop 'til you drop.
  3. 6. A figure of speech which resembles a metaphor but uses these words: like, as, than, similar to. e.g. The lie formed like a blister on his lips.
  4. 7. A phrase common to people who speak the same language that doesn’t literally mean what it says. e.g. Cat got your tongue. Two Peas in a Pod
  5. 9. The term refers to the use of words with sharp, harsh, hissing, and unmelodious sounds – primarily those of consonants – to achieve desired results. The word originates from Greek, actually meaning bad sound. Generally uses consonants in combinations that require explosive delivery (e.g., p, b, d, g, k, ch-, sh- etc.) e.g. hard k and c sounds of “Klarissa Klein,” “Cadillac,” “crumpled,” and “honking,” hard g and b sounds in “grumbling,” “bumper,” “screaming,” and honking,” and the hard sk sound in “screaming.”
  6. 10. Irony The irony that occurs when the speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning of what is said. e.g. Sarcasm (saying “Oh, fantastic!” when the situation is actually very bad)
  7. 12. The use of figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. Usually it is thought that imagery makes use of particular words that create visual representation of ideas in our minds. e.g. “It was dark and dim in the forest. The words “dark” and “dim” are visual images. The children were screaming and shouting in the fields. “Screaming” and “shouting” appeal to our sense of hearing, or auditory sense. He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee. “Whiff” and “aroma” evoke our sense of smell, or olfactory sense. The girl ran her hands on a soft satin fabric. The idea of “soft” in this example appeals to our sense of touch, or tactile sense. The fresh and juicy orange is very cold and sweet. “Juicy” and “sweet” – when associated with oranges – have an effect on our sense of taste, or gustatory sense.
  8. 15. A two to three word phrase that contains opposite words or ideas. e.g. Wise fool. Working Vacation. Plastic Glasses
  9. 17. Words or phrases repeated in writing to produce emphasis, rhythm, and/or sense of urgency. e.g. Sorry, not sorry. Over and over. Home sweet home.
  10. 19. A play on words. e.g. Santa Claus' helpers are known as subordinate Clauses. Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a-salted. A chicken crossing the road is truly poultry in motion.
  11. 21. When the beginning of words start with the same consonant or vowel sounds. All the words must be close together. e.g. Sally Sold seven sea shells at the seashore.
  12. 24. A literary device writers use to address someone or something that is not physically present. The subject may be dead, absent, inanimate, or abstract. e.g. Dead: “Grandma, I know you’ll always be with me.” / Absent: “Sally, why do you never answer your phone?” / Inanimate: “Why won’t you turn green!?” / Abstract : “Love, you can be so cruel.”
  13. 26. irony The irony of something happening that is very different to what was expected. e.g. A fire station burns down. This is unexpected because one would assume the fire chief would keep his own building safe.
  14. 27. Is the repetition of vowel sounds at the beginning, middle, or end of a word. e.g. He is all pine, and I apple orchard (a sound)
  15. 29. A figure of speech in which words repeat at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences. e.g. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania...
  16. 30. A figure of speech in which the word for part of something is used to mean the whole, or in which the whole is used to represent a part. e.g. The word “bread” can be used to represent food in general or money (e.g. he is the breadwinner; music is my bread and butter). The phrase "hired hands" can be used to refer to workmen. The word "wheels" refers to a vehicle. Or, Using the whole to refer to a part. e.g. The word “bread” can be used to represent food in general or money (e.g. he is the breadwinner; music is my bread and butter). The phrase "hired hands" can be used to refer to workmen. The word "wheels" refers to a vehicle.
  17. 31. It can be defined as the use of words and phrases that are distinguished as having a wide range of noteworthy melody or loveliness in the sounds they create. It gives pleasing and soothing effects to the ear due to repeated vowels and smooth consonants. All eexamples share the following features: The use of long vowel sounds, which are more melodious than consonants. Euphony involves the use of harmonious consonants, such as l, m, n, r, and soft f and v sounds. Euphony uses soft consonants or semi-vowels, including w, s, y, and th or wh, extensively to create more pleasant sounds. e.g. The words mists, mellow, close, sun, bless, vines and eves all have a soothing quality to them and don't sound harsh or jarring
  18. 32. A figure of speech that compares dissimilar objects that are alike in some way. They help create a clearer picture. Do not use these words: like, as, than, similar to and resembles. e.g. Life is a highway. Her eyes were diamonds. He is a shining star.
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  1. 1. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to give a certain impact within your statement. e.g. “I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse,” “I've seen this movie a hundred times,” or “It cost an arm and a leg.”
  2. 2. Is the dictionary definition of a word. e.g. Juvenile - pertaining to young people.
  3. 5. When a thing refers to something else that it's closely associated with, but unlike synecdoche, the part does not have to refer to the whole, or vice versa. e.g. “Hollywood” is used to describe the American movie industry because that's where most films are produced in the U.S.
  4. 6. The use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. This can take different forms. Generally, it is an object representing another, to give an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant. e.g. The dove is a symbol of peace. A red rose, or the color red, stands for love or romance. Black is a symbol that represents evil or death. A ladder may stand as a symbol for a connection between heaven and earth. A broken mirror may symbolize separation.
  5. 8. A figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other. e.g. “Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins”.
  6. 11. Metaphor A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem. It is often comprised of more than one sentence, and sometimes consists of a full paragraph. e.g. “It never takes longer than a few minutes, when they get together, for everyone to revert to the state of nature, like a party marooned by a shipwreck. That’s what a family is. Also the storm at sea, the ship, and the unknown shore. And the hats and the whiskey stills that you make out of bamboo and coconuts. And the fire that you light to keep away the beasts.”
  7. 13. A reference made to a famous person, place, or event. Allusions should be familiar to the author’s intended audience for them to be effective. e.g. His smile is like kryptonite to me. She felt like she had a golden ticket.
  8. 14. A figure of speech in which the repetition of one or more words at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences. e.g. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
  9. 16. A figure of speech which uses a strategy to give objects, things or animals human characteristics which we recognize in ourselves. e.g. The camera hates me. Technology is out to get me!
  10. 18. Onomatopoeia is the usage of word which best demonstrates the sound it makes. Comics are a good resource to find these “sound words” such as: crash, boom, bang, crunch, kerplunk, zap and buzz. e.g. The water gurgled down the drain.
  11. 19. An extended oxymoron. It pits contradictory ideas against one another so that the statement appears to be untrue. However, when the reader evaluates a paradox in context, he or she discovers the paradox to hold a profound truth. e.g. “Good men must not obey the laws too well.” - Ralph Waldo Emmerson
  12. 20. To place two concepts, characters, ideas, or places near or next to each other so that the reader will compare and contrast them. e.g. Beggars can’t be choosers. To beg and to choose are opposite functions, and this proverb implies that in fact one cannot be both desperate and have any choice in the decision or result.
  13. 22. It the repetition of words, phrases or sentence structures. It adds rhythm and emotional impact to writing. e.g. “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
  14. 23. Is the thoughts, feelings, and images associated with a word. e.g. Juvenile - childish, immature, youthful criminal
  15. 25. Is the repetition of consonant sounds anywhere within a word. e.g. Lies stretching to my dazzled sight/ A luminous belt, a misty light (s and l sounds)
  16. 28. Is any general truth conveyed in a short sentence, in such a way that when once heard it is unlikely to pass from memory. e.g. He who rocks the boat seldom has time to row it. Actions speak louder than words. The early bird gets the worm.