EL102

• simile is a figure of speech that compares two things using "like" or "as." It makes descriptions vivid. Example: "Her eyes sparkled like diamonds."
• A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. It suggests a similarity or resemblance between the two things.
• Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect. It's not meant to be taken literally.
• Personification is a figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to non-human entities or objects.
• Onomatopoeia is defined as a work, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting.
• oxymoron joins two opposite ideas to create an effect. the common oxymoron phrase is a combination of an adjective proceeded by a noun with contrasting meanings
• Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance, it does not describe in detail the person or thing which it refers.
• Alliteration is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series
• Assonance takes place when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds
• Consonance refers to repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.
• Synecdoche refers to a thing by the name of one of its parts
• Metonymy describes another thing that is closely linked to that particular thing, but is not a part of it
• idiom refers to a set of expression or a phrase comprising two or more words. an interesting fact regarding the device is that the expression is not interpreted literally
• Denotation is the literal meaning of the word
• connotation is the association that a word has in reference to other ideas.
• General term names a class or group and stands for broad characteristics or things.
• a specific term names a member of a group and stands for more definite, precise things or characteristics.
• general words refer to larger classes and broad areas.
• specific words refer to a particular item or individual cases.
• abstract nouns are words that name things that are not concrete. your 5 senses cannot detect an abstract noun, it is a quality, a concept, an idea or maybe even an event.
• abstract nouns and concrete nouns are usually defined in terms of one another.
• abstract only exists in the mind, while something concrete can be interacted with in a physical way.
• qualities, relationships, theories, conditions, and state of being are example of abstract nouns
• cliches are overused expressions that have been said so many times, by so many people that they have rather lost their meaning and do not always say very much.
• Cliches are often idioms, that is a figurative phrase that has an implied meaning rather than a literal one.
• Rebundancy is the use of words or data that could be omitted without losing the meaning or function. It is the unnecessary use of more than one word or phrase meaning the same thing.
• Avoiding rebundant expression - rebundancy occurs when a writer unnecessarily length to one's writing. Elimating rebundancy is a good way to revise your writing for concision, or the ability to make your point in as few words as needed.
• Local Rebundancy - rebundancy can occur on a local or global level, on the local level, rebundancy takes the form of unnecessary words or phrases.
• Local rebundancy occurs very often in aademic writing, particularly when writers attempt to fluff up their writing with big words and added length
• Global Rebundancy occurs when a writer repeats him or herself throughout the paper.
• Avoiding wordiness - wordiness cause readers to lose interest in the material, and professors may think students are attemptying to increase the length of a work without providing enough information