S YNESTHESIA

W HAT IS S YNESTHESIA [ SIN - ES - THEE - ZIA ]? It is a neurological condition It is also a literary device

W HAT IS S YNESTHESIA ? (T HE NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION ) Synesthesia is a condition in which one sense (for example, hearing) is simultaneously perceived as if by one or more additional senses such as sight.

W HAT IS S YNESTHESIA ? (T HE NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION Another form of synesthesia joins objects such as letters, shapes, numbers or people's names with a sensory perception such as smell, color or flavor.

W HAT IS S YNESTHESIA ? (T HE NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION Who has it: Usually Women Left-handed Neurologically normal In the same family Synesthetes sometimes report frequent experiences of déjà vu, clairvoyance, or precognitive dreams

W HAT IS S YNESTHESIA ? ( FIGURE OF SPEECH ) Synesthesia is also a figure of speech; a blending or confusion of different kinds of sense impressions in which one type of sensation is referred to in terms more appropriate to another.

W HAT IS S YNESTHESIA ? ( FIGURE OF SPEECH ) Common synesthetic expressions include such terms as Loud or warm colors Smooth sounds Incorporating synesthesia into your writing can produce some eye-popping, mind blowing great poetry, so add this to your “bag of tricks. ”

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