Poetry Figurative Language

One thing is referred to as another without using comparison words such as “like” or “as.”

A figure of speech that depends on exaggeration to emphasize an idea.

A situation or speech that suggests a contrast or contradiction.

A figure of speech that refers to a thing or a person in terms of one of its parts.

Rhet. device juxtaposes two opposing ideas, using a similar syntactic construction for each.

Address to an absent person or thing as if expecting an answer.

The meaning conveyed by the image or concrete element.

A figure of speech signifying something other than the literal meaning of the words used.

The image or other element in a figure of speech that serves to convey the meaning.

Instead of naming a thing directly, refers to it by naming something associated with it.

A figure of speech that attributes human qualities to non-human entities.

Repetition of the same syntactical structure at the beginning of several successive lines.

Poem that presents related concrete items that symbolize abstract ideas to convey a moral.

A figure of speech involving an explicit comparison using words such as “like” and “as.”

Juxtaposing two apparently contradictory phrases or words that make sense together.

A concrete image representing an abstract idea.

Used for rhetorical effect by negating a positive statement.

Statement that contradicts itself but has a profound meaning that is emphasized.