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Figurative Language

ELA 10 Unit 1; Figurative Language

TermDefinition
Figurative Language writing or speech that is not intended to carry literal meaning and is used to express ideas in vivid and imaginative ways
Imagery use of vivid language to create sensory images; appeals to five senses
Metaphor direct comparison of two basically unlike human or nonhuman things
Simile a comparison using like or as
Conceit lengthy or extended metaphor
Personification Figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to non-humans
Hyperbole Figure of speech containing exaggeration for emphasis
Metonymy Figure of speech where one noun is substituted for another one closely related
Symbolism Using an image that simultaneously represents itself and something else
Allusion Indirect reference to a fictional or historical figure, or event
Mood The reader’s emotional response to a literary work
Theme Central idea or message
Apostrophe Directly addressing (talking to) a person or thing that cannot respond ex: talking to the stars
Enjambment In verse, when one line runs over into the next without pause or punctuation
Petulant Unusually irritable; rude
Meek Lacking courage or strength
Recumbent Reclining or leaning back
Free verse Poetry without rhyme or meter
Blank verse Un-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter
Assonance Repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming stressed syllables usually in the same line of poetry
Consonance Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning, middle, or end of words within a phrase or line of poetry
Alliteration Repetition of consonant sounds in the front of a number of words that occur close together in a series (usually at least three words when in a line of poetry)
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