Imaginative language features (niche)

Descriptive language examples

adjectives/adverbs, connotations, sensory details

Anthropomorphism

literally giving human qualities to an animal or object (eg. Winnie the Pooh, different to personification which is a figure of speech)

Metonymy

using a word to represent a larger related concept (eg. ‘the bottle’ to alcohol)

Pathetic fallacy

crediting nature with human traits

Synecdoche

using a part to represent a whole concept (eg. ‘hands’ to workers, different to metonymy as it also literally a part of it)

Zoomorphism

giving animal-like qualities to something that is not an animal

Cacophony

combining wordsto create or imply a harsh or unpleasant sound

Euphony

combining words to create or imply a pleasing sound

Allegory

exploring a complex or abstract concept through the creation of a more concrete example (not an analogy as it is more broad)

Allusion

a casual reference to another literary work or real-world event

Analogy

explaining something by comparing it to a similar and more familiar thing