a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
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simile
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion ).
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Juxtaposition
a literary device wherein the author places a person, concept, place, idea or theme parallel to another.
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Denotation
Denotation refers to the use of the dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word.
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Connotation
Connotations are the associations people make with words that go beyond the literal or dictionary definition.
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Assonance
refers to repetition of sounds produced by vowels within a sentence or phrase. In this regard assonance can be understood to be a kind of alliteration.
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Semantic field
hen a text (anything with words, whether it be spoken or written) has a topic or subject that a group of words relate to.
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Sibiliance
a more specific type of alliteration that relies on the repetition of soft consonant sounds in words to create a wooshing or hissing sound in the writing.
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Alliteration
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
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Hyperbole
a literary device wherein the author uses specific words and phrases that exaggerate and overemphasize the basic crux of the statement in order to produce a grander, more noticeable effect.
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Oxymoron
a significant literary device as it allows the author to use contradictory, contrasting concepts placed together in a manner that actually ends up making sense in a strange, and slightly complex manner. (eg cold fire)
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Onomatopoeia
refers to sound words whose pronunciation to the actual sound they represent.
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a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g. as brave as a lion ).
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simile
Card 3
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a literary device wherein the author places a person, concept, place, idea or theme parallel to another.
Back
Card 4
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Denotation refers to the use of the dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word.
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Card 5
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Connotations are the associations people make with words that go beyond the literal or dictionary definition.
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