Figurative Language Lists 1-4
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mcrawford1 on February 14, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Simile: | A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" in the comparison. |
| Metaphor: | A comparison of two unlike things (does NOT use "like" or "as"). |
| Imagery: | Descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the reader's five senses. |
| Personification: | Giving human characteristics or abilities to nonhuman objects or things. |
| Idiom: | A phrase whose meaning is NOT to be understood literally. |
| Irony: | The OPPOSITE of what is said or expected. |
| Hyperbole: | Obvious and intentional exaggeration that is NOT meant to be taken literally. |
| Alliteration: | The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of neighboring words. |
| Connotation: | The positive or negative idea, feeling, or meaning associated with a specific word or phrase. The figurative association of a word. |
| Denotation: | The literal or direct meaning of a word or expression. What the dictionary says! |
| Onomatopoeia: | Words that suggest sounds. |
| Main Idea | A complete sentence telling what a story or passage is about. |
| Setting: | The time and place in which a story occurs. |
| Plot: | The sequence of events or the order of events that tell a story from beginning to end. |
| Theme: | The moral or lesson the author wants the reader to learn from a story. |
| Exposition: | The part of a story where the characters, setting, and conflict are established. |
| Resolution: | The part of a story's plot in which the problem/conflict is worked out. |
| Symbolism: | A literary tool used to represent an abstract idea or concept through its association with a person, place, or thing. |
| Foreshadowing: | Tips and clues that give the reader or idea of what is going to happen later in the story. |
| Allusion: | A reference in a book to a famous person, place, thing, or other story. |
| Narrative Poem | A poem that tells a story. |
| Rhyme Scheme | The regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem that is depicted using different letters of the alphabet for each new rhyme. |
| Stanza: | The formal division of lines in a poem. |
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