Figurative language

Dennotative

The literal of primary meaning of a word in contrast to the feeling or ideas it suggests

Connotative

an idea of feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal of primary meaning

What is something that has both a connotative and dennotative definition?

Cool, hot, Heart, Mask, Home

Metaphor

Two unlike things that are being compared

Simile

Two unlike things that are being compared using the words like or as

Allusion

A reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature

Symbol

A person, place, thing, or action that stands for something beyond itself

Personification

when non-human things are given human qualities

imagery

Words and phrases that appeal to reader’s five senses (sight, taste, touch, smell, sound)

What are the different types of thematic conflict?

Man vs. society, man vs. the supernatural, man vs. nature, man vs. technology, man vs. self, and man vs. man

What are the three types of irony?

Verbal irony, dramatic irony, situational irony or climatic irony

Verbal irony

when someone says one thing but means the opposite

dramatic irony

When readers know what is happening but the characters do not

Situational irony (climatic)

When the opposite of what you think will happen happens

alliteration

the repetition of an initial consonant sound

Hyperbole

an exaggeration to prove a point

Onomatopoeia

a word that represents sound

Oxymoron

a combination of contradictory terms (opposites)

Paradox

a statement that appears to contradict itself but may be true

Synecdoche

a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

Foreshadowing

a warning or indication of a future event in the text

what are somethings that are abstract and what is a concrete example of them?

freedom is … terror is… fun is… confidence is ….

what are three vivid words for walked?

stroll, stride, strut, dash, pace…

Three vivid worlds for said?

lectured remarked yelled gasped…

2 vivid words for stood

slouch towered crouched

2 vivid words for sat?

lounged, slumped, slouched, cuddled