Speaker and Figurative Language

Front

Word's explicit meaning

Back

Denotation

Front

Word choice that works with connotation and denotation to create meaning.

Back

Diction

Front

Feeling experienced by the reader due to tone

Back

Mood

Front

Directly states one thing is another.

Back

Metaphors

Front

Comparisons using 'like', 'as', or 'than'

Back

Similes

Front

Associations a word carries

Back

Connotation

Front

Indicates a change in tone or perspective.

Back

Shifts

Front

Emotional coloring of work reflecting the speaker's attitude

Back

Tone

Front

Metaphor spanning several lines of a work

Back

Extended Metaphor (conceit)

Front

Giving human qualities to inanimate objects

Back

Personification