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CONNATIONt
he meaning associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression; how a reader feels about a word.
DENOTATION
the specific association that a word or expression usually elicits; the dictionary definition.
SIMILE
a comparison of 2 things indicated by some connective: like, as, resembles; expresses similarity.
METAPHOR
a statement that one thing is something else, which in a literal sense it is not; omit the connective from a simile and use the verb “to be;” not limited in the number of resemblances it may indicate.
IMPLIED METAPHO
a metaphor that uses neither a connective nor the verb “to be.”
IMPLIED METAPHOR
a metaphor that uses neither a connective nor the verb “to be.”
PERSONIFICATION
a figure of speech in which a thing, animal, or an abstract term is made human.
ONOMATOPOEIA
the pronunciation of some words may suggest their meaning such as hiss, buzz, and sizzle.
ALLITERATION
a figure of speech in which the initial consonant sound is repeated.
APOSTROPHE
a way of addressing someone or something invisible or not ordinarily spoken to; means of giving life to the inanimate.
PARADOX
occurs in a statement that, at first, strikes readers as self-contradictory, but on reflection makes some sense.
PUN
a play on words; reminds readers of another word (or words) of similar or identical sound but of very different denotation