Epithet, the next term on the list of 'figurative language'. What is it? Epithet is a descriptive word or phrase that usually has emotion or a deeper meaning connected to the person or object being discussed. In some senses an epithet can be synechdoche because you are using a label to convey something else (remember part for whole). An epithet could very well be idiom as well...
Imagery is a concept in writing that helps you (the writer) convey sensory details to the reader. Browsing online for articles, as I have done previously, I found several references to "the senses". Take a moment and think about what senses we have: See - Sight Hear - Sound Smell - Aroma Taste - Flavor Touch - Texture All of these details will...
The topic of discussion today is irony. Definition The playing around with words such that the meaning implied by a sentence or word is actually different from the literal meaning. From my earlier post on Figurative Language it would seem that irony and figurative language have too much in common to be separate terms. But irony is not the umbrella term that figurative language...