Poetry - Figurative Language and Poetic Devices

Question 1

Question that does not need to be answered.

Answer 1

Rhetorical question

Question 2

A word which sounds like what it represents (ex. buzz)

Answer 2

Onomatopoeia

Question 3

Inanimate object is given human attributes.

Answer 3

Personnification

Question 4

When an absent person, inanimate object or abstract being is addressed directly.

Answer 4

Apostrophe

Question 5

Exaggeration for comic or earnest effect.

Answer 5

Hyperbole

Question 6

Contradictory terms right next to each other.

Answer 6

Oxymoron

Question 7

Self-contradictory statement to provoke search for deeper meaning.

Answer 7

Paradox

Question 8

Sensory representation. (covers all senses)

Answer 8

Image

Question 9

An image that refers to something in reality but also evokes abstract level of meaning.

Answer 9

Symbol

Question 10

Direct comparison using a comparative term.

Answer 10

Simile

Question 11

Implied comparison without using a comparative term.

Answer 11

Metaphor

Question 12

When something is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing.

Answer 12

Metonymy

Question 13

Comparison extended to highlight similarity between abstract idea and a concrete image.

Answer 13

Analogy

Question 14

Type of metaphor involving elaborate and unexpected comparison.

Answer 14

Conceit

Question 15

Hyperbolic, cliche images that are metaphors used by spurned, suffering suitors to describe their beloved/muses.

Answer 15

Petrarchan Conceit