EOC Vocabulary Review

Expressions not meant to be taken literally

• Similes
• Metaphors
• Idioms
• Proverbs

worn out, overused expressions the people use in speech and writing.

You should avoid them like the plague (lol)

• Clichés
• Idioms
• Similes
• Metaphors

  A figure of speech that places two contradictory words together for a special effect ( opposites of each other)

• Oxymoron
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Paradox

  A device of figurative language that compares two unlike objects. (He is a pig!)

• Metaphor
• Irony
• Hyperbole
• Simile

The figurative device in which animals, objects, or abstractions are represented as being human or as having human attributes.

• Personification
• Objectification
• Animalization
• Humanization

The formation and use of words to imitate sounds (rattle, murmur, crash, buzz, clank

• Alliteration
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia

Language that creates a sensory impression within the reader’s mind. “ The orange and red sun sank below the horizon as the crickets began their nightly serenade.” 

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Simile

• Colorful language

The repetition of the initial sounds or stressed syllables in neighboring words.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Rhyme
• Alliteration

 Overstatement; the figure of speech that is a conscious exaggeration for the purpose of making a point (the backpack weighs a ton.)

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• euphemism

• Literal statement

A personal and largely unreasoned judgment either for or against a particular person, position, or thing; a prejudice.

• Acceptance
• Neutrality
• Tolerance
• bias