Figurative Language Terms

Words that have the opposite meanings.

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Antonyms

• Alliteration

An event or action that makes something happen.

• Cause

• Effect

The attitude an author has or the position the author takes about a text's subject.

• Compare and Contrast

• Author's Point of View

• Context Clues

• Counterarguments

Is what happens as a result.

• Cause

• Effect

The repetition of a constant sound at the beginning of words near each other in a text.

• Alliteration

• Denotation

• Antonyms

• Dialogue

Words in a sentence surrounding an unfamiliar word that help the reader figure out the word's meaning.

• Connotation

• Counterarguments

• Context Clues

• Alliteration

How they are similar.

• Compare

• Contrast

A word's straightforward dictionary meaning.

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Dialogue

• Antonyms

What the character's say.

• Dialogue

• Context Clues

• Author's Point of View

• Counterarguments

Determine how they are different.

• Compare

• Contrast