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Figurative Devices
15 Figurative Devices of Poetry
Term | Definition |
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metaphor | implied comparison |
simile | stated comparison |
conceit | extended metaphor |
personification | attribution of human characteristics to things/animals |
apostrophe | address of personification |
metonymy | metaphorical introduction of person or place |
synecdoche | partial manifestation of object, idea, or person |
hyperbole | exaggeration |
litotes | understatement by negation of antonyms |
irony | contrast between actual/stated meaning |
symbolism | tangible manifestation of an idea |
imagery | sensory descriptive language |
paradox | apparent contradiction |
oxymoron | contradictory language juxtaposed |
allusion | historical, literary, mythological reference |