Figurative Language Vocabulary

Explain context

• Context refers to the circumstances or background that help clarify the meaning of a situation or topic.
• Context refers to the physical location of an event.
• Context is the emotional response to a situation.
• Context is the main idea of a text.

The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in the series of words is called

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true

• hyperbole
• personification
• idiom

A comparison of two unlike things by saying one is like the other

• simile
• personification
• metaphor

Explain connotation

• Connotation refers to the grammatical structure of a sentence.
• Connotation is the dictionary definition of a word.
• Connotation is the implied or associated meaning of a word, beyond its literal definition.
• Connotation is the literal meaning of a word.

A comparison of two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as' is called

• personification
• simile
• metaphor

Words that imitate sounds

• metaphor
• onomatopeia
• alliteration

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things is 

• idiom
• hyperbole
• personification

A group of words whose collective meaning is very different from their literal meaning (like it is raining cats and dogs)

• simile

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally; commonly known as figures of speech is called

• simile
• figurative language
• hyperbole