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Figurative Language
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Diction | A writer's or speaker's choice of words. |
| Syntax | How words are arranged. |
| Tone | Speaker's attitude toward the subject is revealed by his or her choice of rhetoric. |
| Mood | The feeling created by the work of a writer or speaker. |
| Metaphor | Figure of speech comparing two different things without like or as. |
| Simile | A comparison using "like" or "as" |
| Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. |
| Hyperbole | Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. |
| Parallelism | Phrases or sentences of a similar structure. |
| Juxtaposition | Placement of two elements side by side to present a comparison or contrast. |
| Antithesis | Direct opposite of ideas or words in parallel construction. |
| Periodic Sentence | Moving toward something important at the end. |
| Imperative Sentence | Sentence to command or instruct. |
| Imagery | Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste). |
| Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms. |
| Zeugma | A figure of speech connecting two different terms in a grammatically similar way producing incongruous meanings. |
| Satire | The use of sarcasm or irony to criticize. |
| "Well, it's a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. The idea is if we don't look out the white race will be | will be utterly submerged." |
| "That night I sat on Tyan | yu's bed and waited for him to touch me. But he didn't. I was relieved." |
| "I'd rather kill myself than be caught dead at a carnival." | Tone |
| "An ominous calm pervaded the room as the door creaked slowly open" | Mood |
| Books are the mirrors of the soul. | Metaphor |
| Her love was as big as a house. | Simile |
| The animal danced in the field. | Personification |
| I've told you a million times | Hyberbole |
| Let me think, Let me learn, Let me live | Parallelism |
| "All's fair in love and war" | Juxtaposition |
| "Man proposes, God disposes" | Antithesis |
| "To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, that is genius" | Periodic Sentence |
| Clean the dinner table | Imperative Sentence |
| "The crisp autumn air smelled of fallen leaves and woodsmoke" | Imagery |
| Pretty Ugly | Oxymoron |
| "She firmly held her tongue and her hand" | Zeugma |
| Anaphora | Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of clauses. |
| "It was the season of light, It was the season of darkness" | Anaphora |
| Hortative Sentence | Sentence that urges or calls to action. |
| "Come with me and I'll tell you a story" | Hortative Sentence |
| Antimetabole | The repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast. |
| "All for one, and one for all" | Antimetabole |
| Archaic Diction | Outdated use of words |
| "For we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder" | Archaic Diction |
| Asyndeton | Exclusion of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words. |
| "I came, I saw, I conquered" | Asyndeton |
| Inversion | Inverted order of words in a sentence or clause. |
| "To be or not to be, that is the question" | Inversion |
| Rhetorical Question | A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer. |
| "Can anyone truly say they haven't felt the sting of disappointment?" | Rhetorical Question |
| Synecdoche | A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa. |
| "His parents bought him a new set of wheels" | Synecdoche |
| Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds. |
| Sally sold seashells by the seashore. | Alliteration |
| Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event |
| Sad rom | coms are my kryptonite. |
| Ambiguity | Instances where a sentence, literary work, or media can have multiple interpretations. |
| "Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man" | Ambiguity |
| Aphorism | A concise saying presenting a universal principle or observation. |
| "When you have a father and mother who work all their lives so that you can have an education and build your body | Its a blessing" |
| Apostrophe | The speaker addresses either an absent person or a non |
| "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" | Apostrophe |
| Asyndeton | Exclusion of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words. |
| "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" | Asyndeton |
| Colloquial/ Colloquialism | Informal language or everyday language used in a casual or friendly language. |
| "When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed | that's the finest I know!" |
| Connotation | Meanings that readers have with a word beyond its denotation. |
| "Who wouldn't feel honored to have roomed with such a grand guy as Bill Rickey?" | Connotation |
| Denotation | The dictionary definition of word. |
| Diacope | A word or phrase is repeated with a small number of intervening words. |
| "Not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right" | Diacope |
| Euphemism | A word or phrase that softens an uncomfortable topic. |
| "A cloak | room at a railway station might serve to conceal a social indiscretion" |
| Hypophora | A figure of speech wherein a writer raises a question and then immediately answers it. |
| "Now Jack how about you? Do you maintain yours is an original name? Well it's not" | Hypophora |
| Irony/ Ironic | A speaker or character says one thing but means something else, or the opposite of what is expected, creating an incongruity. |
| "Really if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them? They seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility" | Irony/ Ironic |
| Loose Sentence | Begins with a main clause followed by subordinate clauses. |
| "I found a large hall, obviously a former garage, dimly lit, and packed with cots" | Loose Sentence |
| Metonymy | Figure of speech in which something represented by another is related to it. |
| "The pen is mightier than the sword" | Metonymy |
| Paradox | A statement or situation that is seemingly contradictory on the surface but reveals a deeper meaning or ironic truth. |
| "It is awfully hard work doing nothing. However I don't mind hard work where there is no definite object of any kind." | Paradox |
| Repetition | Using the same word or phrase repeatedly in a text or speech |
| "To those old allies ... To those new states ... To those people ... To our sister republics ... To that world assembly" | Repetition |
| Sarcasm | The use of irony to mock or convey contempt towards a person or subject. |
| I made the genius choice of selling my car right before I decided to move | Sarcasm |
| Syllogism | A logical structure that uses the major premise and minor premise to reach a conclusion. |
| "The law does not discriminate; Tom Robinson is under the law; therefore, Tom Robinson should not be discriminated against." | Syllogism |
| Symbol/Symbolism | A figure of speech where a person, situation, word, or object is used to represent something |
| "Our loyalty is to the crown". | Symbol/ Symbolism |
| Understatement | A figure of speech in which something is presented as less important, dire, urgent, good, bad, etc, than it actually is, often for satiric or comical effect. |
| "Well ... surely you know that I love you, and you led me to believe, Miss Fairfax, that you were absolutely not indifferent to me." | Understatement |
| Undertone | The secondary tone or meaning of a literary work or speech. |
| "Despite the cheerful tone of the party, there was an underlying undertone of sadness as many guests were secretly worried about the company's future." | Undertone |
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