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Figurative Language writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is usually meant to be imaginative and vivid; context clues help to indicate Figure of Speech device used to produce figurative language; many compare dissimilar things Metaphor speaking about something as if it was another; unlikely comparison between two things Natural Metaphor speaks of something concrete by referring to something else concrete Abstract Metaphor explains an abstract principle by comparing it to something more concrete Embedded Metaphor uses a verb or noun in non-literal fashion Extended Metaphor continues in sentence after it; metaphor on a metaphor ("The seeds of discontent have already been sown. It remains to be seen whether weeds or flowers spring forth.") Simile figure of speech in which an explicit comparison is made between two things essentially unlike (like, as, similar to, than, resembles) Conceit fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects; displays intellectual cleverness as a result of comparison Personification figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, inanimate objects by endowing them with human emotions; makes abstractions more vivid Metonymy "changed label", "substitute name"; figure of speech in which name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it ('Red Coats' = British) Synecdoche figure of speech in which part of something is used to present whole, or whole used to represent part ("One cannot live on bread alive.") Symbol anything that represents self and stands for something else; usually concrete Natural Symbols objects and occurrences from nature to symbolize ideas commonly associated with them Conventional Symbols those that have been invested with meaning by a group Literary Symbols sometimes also conventional in the sense that they are found in a variety of works Analogy explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out similarities to something more familiar; more logical argument Caricature verbal description, purpose to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical feature or other characteristics Imagery sensory detail or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions; can represent more than one thing; can apply to total of all images in a work Synesthesia when one kind of sensory stimulus evokes subjective experience of another; associating two or more different senses in same image