Poetry vocab terms American Lit/Comp NHHS
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Figurative language | language employing figures of speech which is language not to be taken literally |
| Paradox | statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incompatible elements |
| Irony | a situation or use of a language involving a discrepancy or incongruity |
| Verbal irony | what is meant is the opposite of what is said |
| Situational irony | an incongruity between what is appropriate or expected and what actually occurs |
| Dramatic irony | the author implies a different meaning from the speaker or character ( the reader knows more than the character) |
| Metaphor | a comparison between unlike things; may be named or implied |
| Simile | an explicit comparison between unlike things using like or as |
| Personification | human attributes given to non-humans |
| Symbol | something means more than what it is |
| Allegory | a narrative or description with a second meaning beneath the surface |
| Overstatement | a/k/a Hyperbole - exaggeration used for truth |
| Understatement | saying less than one means or with less force than required |
| Oxymoron | a compact paradox in two successive words ( see Paradox) |
| Metonymy (Synecdoche) | one part or detail represents the whole |
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