STUDY GUIDE Thomsen

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Symbolism

A word that stands for and represents something beyond its literal meaning

Allusion

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly

Smille

Comparison of two unlike things using like or as

Onomatopoeia

I word that sounds like the sounds it makes

Connotation

Is an idea or feeling that a word invokes

Denotation

Literal meaning of the word

Personification

Putting human qualities on non human objects

Alliteration

Repetition of beginning sounds

Consonance

The repetition of conscience sounds in any area of the word but beginning

Assonance

The repetition of the sound of a vowel

Diction

Word choice

Repetition

Words phrases or sounds to create rhythm

Imagery

Words that descriptive language that affects the senses

Rhyming

Words with the same ending

Metaphor

comparison of two unlike things


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