Week Three Vocab : Figurative Language

Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Euphemism

The substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may often or suggest something unpleasant

Dysphemism

A derogatory or unpleasant term used instead of a pleasant or neutral one

Ambiguity

When the meaning of a word, phrase, or sentence is intentionally uncertain. There could be more than one meaning

Alliteration

The use in speech or writing of several words close together that all begin with the same letter or sound

Anaphora

Beginning several lines of prose or poetry with the same word or phrase

Polysyndeton

A literary technique in which conjunctions (e.g. and, but, or) are used repeatedly in quick succession, often with no commas

Asyndeton

A literary technique in which conjunctions are omitted