CONNOTATIVE
- other meaning given to a
word.
DENOTATIVE
- literal meaning of a word
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
- is a type of language that
varies from the norms of
literal language, in which word
mean exactly what they say
- Also known as the "ornaments
of language,"
- does not mean exactly what it
says, but instead forces the
reader to make an
imaginative leap in order to
comprehend the author's
point.
THREE MAIN CATEGORIES OF
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
1. FIGURES OF THOUGHT
- also called tropes.
- A trope is the meaning a word
has other than its literal
meaning.
- Examples are simile,
metaphor, irony and
personification.
2. FIGURES OF SPEECH
- also called rhetorical figures
or schemes.
- Rhetorical figures depart not
from the literal meaning of the
words, but from the standard
usage or order of the words.
- Examples are: Apostrophe,
Chiasmus. Antithesis and
Rhetorical Question.
3. FIGURES OF SOUND
- include the sound
- Examples effect devices. are:
Alliteration, Assonance,
Consonance and
Onomatopoeia.
FIGURES OF SPEECH BASED ON
ANALOGY
ANALOGY
- drawn to explain, describe,
argue, and justify.
Distinct units of thought in
analogy:
a. TENOR is the subject or idea
you are trying to explain.
b. VEHICLE is the means by
which you explain it.
TYPES OF FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE
1. SIMILE
- A stated comparison (usually
formed with "like", "than", or
