Figures of Speech OR Metaphorical Language English 1302 Page 760

A Metaphor Shows that something unknown is identical to something known. Are inseparable from language.

A Simile Shows that something unknown is similar to something known. Shows a likeness or resemblance.

Characteristics Image and Imagery Stimulate the imagination. Recall memories of sights, sounds, tastes, smells, sensations or touch, and motions. Go beyond literary imagery. Introduces perceptions and comparisons.

Examples Keats – page 762

A Paradox Uses an apparent error or contradiction t reveal truth. “A thought beyond a thought”

Anaphora To carry again or repeat. Provides weight and emphasis through repetition. Examples: Keats/page 765

Personification Attribution of human traits to abstractions or to nonhuman objects.

Synecdoche and Metonymy Transfer meanings by parts and associations. Synecdodoche “taking one thing out of another” “all hands aboard!” Metonymy Transfer of name “Hollywood” used to mean the movie industry “The White House” signifying politics and activities of the President.

Pun or Paronomasia Words with similar or identical sounds have different meanings. Pun A point or a puncture Paronomasia Something alongside a name. Example Gay/page 767

Synesthesia Demonstrates oneness or unity of feelings. Example Keats / Chapter 18 – “Ode to a Nightengale”

Overstatement and Understatement Overstatement (hyperbole) Overreacher Exaggeration for effect Example Wordsworth declares England “is a fen/Of stagnant waters. Understatement Deliberate underplay or undervaluing of a thing. Example Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress” (Chapter 19)

Let’s Read! Burns 770; Donne 771; Hardy 775; Keats 778.