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Figurative Language Vocabulary

Figurative Language Vocabulary. figurative – speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning. literal – speech or writing that is not exaggerated; true and exact. imagery – the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things.

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Figurative Language Vocabulary

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  1. Figurative Language Vocabulary

  2. figurative – speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning

  3. literal – speech or writing that is not exaggerated; true and exact

  4. imagery – the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things

  5. idiom – an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its words, as kick the bucket or hang one's head

  6. personification – giving human characteristics or personal nature to inanimate objects or abstract ideas

  7. onomatopoeia – the formation of a word, as cuckoo or boom, by imitation of a sound made

  8. simile – a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using “like” or “as”

  9. metaphor – a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared by saying one thing “is” another

  10. 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

  11. 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"

  12. symbolism – the practice of representing things by symbols, or of giving things special meaning.

  13. denotation – The most specific or direct meaning of a word, in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.

  14. connotation – An idea or meaning suggested by or associated with a word or thing: Hollywood holds connotations of romance and glittering success.

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