A-Z: General definitions
- I Am That I Am
- Iambic
- Iambic hexameter
- Iambic Pentameter
- Iambic Tetrameter
- Iambs
- Icaria
- Icarian Sea
- Icarus
- Icon
- Iconic
- Iconoclast
- Iconoclastic
- Iconography
- Ida, Mount
- Ideal Form
- Idealism
- Ideology
- Idiolect
- Idiom
- Idiomatic
- Idol
- Idolatry
- Idyll
- If thy right eye offend thee
- Ignatian
- Ignatius
- ignis-fatus
- Iliad
- Illusion
- Image
- Imagery
- Imagination
- Imaginative truth
- Imagist
- Immaculate Conception
- Immanent
- Immanuel Kant
- Immortal
- Immortality
- Imperative
- Imperative verb
- Improvisation theatre
- Impute
- In extremis
- Incantation
- Incantatory
- Incarnate
A-Z: General definitions: Idiomatic
Definition
Using figurative expressions that are unique to a language or dialect.
In literature, words are used in a non-literal sense much of the time, to make the language striking and persuasive. Sounds are also carefully arranged to have certain effects. This is all figurative language.
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