english poem first test

Apostrophe

A speaker directly addresses someone or something that isn’t present, can’t respond, or isn’t real.

Synecdoche

Referring to the whole with a part, like saying “Do you like my new wheels?” Where wheels is a part of a car, and the actually meaning of it is “Do you like my new car?”

Pathetic Fallacy

a literary device where human emotions, feelings, or actions are attributed to inanimate objects, nature, or animals

Hyperbole

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Paradox

a statement seems contradictory or absurd but, upon deeper inspection, reveals a profound truth or deeper meaning.

Metaphysical conceit

a complex, extended metaphor in 17th-century poetry that draws surprising, intellectual comparisons between seemingly unrelated things, often linking spiritual concepts to physical objects。

Metonymy

a figure of speech where a word or phrase is substituted for another closely associated with it, like “We will swear loyalty to the crown” replacing king with the word crown.

Pentameter

10 syllables

Tetrameter

8 syllables

Meter

the rhythmic structure of verse lines in poetry