AP Poetry Terms 7, 8, and 9 - Figures of Speech: Simile and Metaphor; Symbolism, Allegory; and Syntax
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 figurative language | to convey a meaning other than the actual meaning of the words |
| hyperbole | an exaggeration or an understatement |
| synecdoche | using a part to signify the whole |
| metonymy | substituting an attribute of a thing for the thing itself |
| personification | endowing inanimate objects or abstract concepts with animate characteristics or qualities |
| metaphor | establishes a comparison without an explicit verbal cue; the comparison is implied in such a way that the figurative term is substituted for or identified with the literal one |
| simile | establishes a comparison explicitly with the words "like" or "as" |
| symbol | any object or action that represents something beyond itself; these are less systematic and more openended in their interpretation |
| allegory | a form of narrative in which people, places, and happenings have hidden or symbolic meaning; establishes a strict system of correspondences between deails of action and a pattern of meaning |
| syntax | the arrangement of words in a sentence, phrase, or clause; this refers to the grammatical strucure of words in sentences and the deployment of sentences in longer units throughout the poem; an important element of tone |
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