11-12.L.5 "Figurative Language and Nuance"

Context

The background information that will influence the way one understands something. This may include the situation that a word is being used in, or any other relevant information to influence the meaning of something.

Word Relationships

The various ways that words fit and work together (e.g., synonym, homonym, antonym).

Nuances

A subtle distinction or variation.

Text

Any body of information. This may include a story, a poem, an article, a book, etc.

Figurative Language

Language expanded beyond its ordinary literal meaning. It uses comparisons to achieve new effects, to provide fresh insights, or to express a relationship between things essentially unlike. Metaphors, similes and personification are three forms of figurative language.

Figurative Speech

Language that is used to describe one thing in terms of something else; language that is not intended to be taken literally.

Denotations

Literal, dictionary meanings of a word.