AP Lit Western Winds Terms

Concrete Image

An image that is presented as consciousness and a bodily sensation

Abstract Image

An image that is stripped of physical detail

Paraphrase

Putting writing completely in your own words and reducing it to its literal meaning

Lyric Poem

A poem that directly expresses the emotion of its real or imagined speaker

Ode

a lyric poem addressing or celebrating a particular subject

Similie

Use comparison to create connections between very different things using like or as, creating strong feelings and images

Metaphor

A figure of speech that makes a comparison by directly relating one thing to another unrelated thing

Analogy

Any resemblance between otherwise unlike objects

Synesthesia

The perception or interpretation of the data of one sense in terms of another

Allusion

An incomplete reference to something that those who share our knowledge or background will understand

Personification

When abstractions, movements, events, or inanimate objects are attributed to actions of living beings

Myth/Mythology

A classic or legendary story focusing on a hero or event and explains mysteries of nature, existence, or the universe with no true basis in fact

Synecdoche

when an object is defined as a part of the whole thing

Metonymy

referring to one thing by using the name of something associated with it

Symbol

an image that stands for more than it denotes literally

Allegory

A narrative in which characters and events stand for ideas and actions on another level

Caesura

a deliberate pause or break within a line of verse created by punctuation or natural speech rhythm

Enjambment

the continuation of a sentence from one line of poetry to the next without pause or punctuation at the line break

End-Stop

a line of poetry that ends with a complete thought and is marked by punctuation

Elegy

a poem of mourning or reflection written in response to death or loss

Abstract Image

A heavy silence pressed down on the room, thick with regret and unspoken blame.

Concrete Image

The bunny leaped over the log, but then stopped to a halt as it was shot.

Ode

O wild and ancient oak, steadfast against the centuries, I praise your patient strength and quiet wisdom

Lyric

I walk alone at dusk, my heart lifting and sinking with the fading light

Paraphrase

The poem is saying that time eventually changes everything, no matter how permanent it may seem

Similie

I feel like a wreck

Metaphor

I am a wreck

Analogy

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin; and yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Synesthesia

He hears odors and sees odors, and feels them too.

Allusion

I hope this evening won’t be like the last one!

Personification

April was the cruellest month

Mythology

Zeus weld the lightning to enforce order

Synecdoche

All hands on deck

Metonymy

Are there going to be big names at the party?

Symbol

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naught world.

Allegory

The chained bird sings, yet its song carries the hope of freedom for all who listen.

Caesura

To be, or not to be — that is the question.

Enjambment

The sun dipped low behind the hills
and shadows stretched across the field

End-Stop

The wind was cold and bitter that day.
It was a hash month.

Elegy

The poem mourned the passing of the old oak tree, recalling its years of shade, its steadfast presence, and the memories it held for the town.