Imagery
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
Metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Allusion
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
Puns
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.
Personification
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
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, crazy like a fox ).
Verbal Irony
a contradiction between what is said and what is meant.
Connotation
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
Denotation
the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests
Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Root and what it means
Hyper-over
root and what it means
Aud-hear
suffix and what it means
able-capable of, suitable for, or deserving of