Figurative Language Vocabulary Flashcards
(20 cards)
Apostrophe
Addressing an absent person or thing, an abstract quality, or an inanimate or non-existent thing as if present.
Personification
Giving non-human things, human characteristics.
Consonance
The repetition of consonants in the middle or end of words contained in a certain phrase or sentence.
Onomatopoeia
A sound in the form of a word.
Understatement
To make a statement convey a meaning to a lower degree than as it is.
Irony
The use of words to convey their opposite meaning.
Simile
Comparing two objects, places, people, or ideas using the words “like” or “as”.
Metaphor
Comparing two objects, places, people, or ideas, without using the words “like” or “as”.
Allusion
An indirect relation or to refer to another cultural, historical, literary, or political person place thing or idea.
Alliteration
The repetition of consonants at the beginning of words in a certain phrase or sentence.
Paradox
A statement contradicting itself, yet containing a hidden meaning.
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds at the beginning or middle of words contained in a certain phrase or sentence.
Repetition
Repeating a certain word, phrase, or sentence.
Oxymoron
When contradictory words are contained in the same statement, often next to eachother.
Gerund
A noun that is an action, ending in “ing”, and acts as a verb.
Hyperbole
The use of overexaggerating a statement, causes the message to mean more than it is, therefore, often impossible.
Rhythym
When words are arranged in a way, often so that they make a pattern, or follow a beat.
Idioms
Expressions carrying different meanings than their literal meaning and are often identifiable by context.
Literal
A phrase having no transparency, and meaning exactly/precisely what it says.
Imagery
Language and description that appeal/refer to the senses and create a vivid image in the mind.
