Bennett Vocab List 5

Language that describes something different from its actual, or literal, meaning.

• pun

• imagery

• analogy

• figurative language

A figure of speech where a word or phrase contradicts, or goes against, itself.

• oxymoron

• sarcasm

• cliche

• pun

Compare two things that are mostly different from each other but have some traits in common.

• adage/proverb

• cliche

• analogy

• alliteration

When something is really the opposite of what is said or written.

• cliche

• pun

• alliteration

• irony

Language used to help the reader use their 5 senses in order to create a clear image, or picture, in their mind.

• analogy

• imagery

• pun

• cliche

Repeating the initial, or beginning, sounds of a word near each other.

• alliteration

• analogy

• figurative language

Compares 2 unlike things using "like" or "as"

• personification

• simile

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Gives an object or thing human qualities (action as, thoughts, or feelings)

• idiom

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoeia

A well known phrase that has a different meaning from what is said or written.

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• personification

A sound word that imitates a things or action by the sound it makes.

• personification

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• simile