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Figurative Language
World Lit.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Metaphor | describing something as something else |
| simile | metaphor using like or as |
| personification | giving human qualities to an object |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| symbol | object standing for a concept,idea, or emotion |
| allusion | reference lends meaning alluded story in addition (common allusions: Biblical, historical, literary) |
| connotation | symbolic baggage attached to a word, significant, rich in imagery |
| denotation | actual definition |
| assonance | repetition of vowel sounds within words |
| alliteration | first letter repetition |
| consonance | repeated consonant sound within words |
| onomatopoeia | sound words, Example: Bam, splat, hiss |
| Hard sounds/Cacophony | harsh, guttural "d" "t" "K" 's |
| Soft sounds/Euphony | hushed, pleasing "m" "L" "S" 's |