(Opposite of literal) Intentional departure from the normal order, construction, or meaning of words in order, construction, or meaning of words in order to gain strength and freshness of expression
What is figurative?
100
a statement that is self-contradictory because it often contains two statements that are both true, but in general, cannot both be true at the same time
What is a paradox?
100
a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing
What is Euphemism?
100
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
What is hyperbole?
100
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
What is alliteration?
200
a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing
What is a euphemism?
200
a phrase that is understood to mean something quite different from what the individual words of the phrase imply
What is idiom?
200
a word that imitates the sound it represents
What is Onomatopoeia?
200
The cluster of implications that words or phrases may carry with them, as distinguished from their denotative meanings.
What is connotation?
200
a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa
What is synecdoche?
300
a comparison between two things using like or as.
What is simile?
300
the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing
What is metonymy?
300
a translation which is according to the usual meaning of the words and allows no freedom of expression or imagination to the translator
What is literal?
300
a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.
What is juxtaposition?
300
The specific, exact meaning of a word, independent of its emotional coloration or associations.
What is denotation?
400
a literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts
What is juxtaposition?
400
a figure of speech which gives human characteristics to animals, ideas, or inanimate objects
What is personification?
400
a comparison of two things not using like or as
What is metaphor?
400
a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound
What is nuance?
400
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
What is alliteration?
500
a statement that is self-contradictory because it often contains two statements that are both true, but in general, cannot both be true at the same time
What is a paradox?
500
the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant, for example suit for business executive, or the track for horse racing
What is metonymy?
500
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings
What is a pun?
500
a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa
What is synecdoche?
500
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction