front 1 Imagery | back 1 visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. |
front 2 Metaphor | back 2 a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. |
front 3 Allusion | back 3 an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. |
front 4 Puns | back 4 a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings. |
front 5 Personification | back 5 the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. |
front 6 Simile | back 6 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 ). |
front 7 Verbal Irony | back 7 a contradiction between what is said and what is meant. |
front 8 Connotation | back 8 an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. |
front 9 Denotation | back 9 the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests |
front 10 Hyperbole | back 10 exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. |
front 11 Root and what it means | back 11 Hyper-over |
front 12 root and what it means | back 12 Aud-hear |
front 13 suffix and what it means | back 13 able-capable of, suitable for, or deserving of |