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| A metaphor that carries the comparison on for a lengthier time. For example, the author might say that "Mary was as graceful as a cat." Then the author would proceed to describe Mary for a couple of paragraphs, trying to relate everything that Mary says or does and how she reacts to stuff that relates to a cat. Mary then can slink into a room, be aloof, and purr when she speaks. |
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| is of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.” |
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| language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. There are many different types of figurative language, such as similes and metaphors. |
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| An expression that uses language in a nonliteral way, such as a metaphor or synecdoche, or in a structured or unusual way, such as anaphora or chiasmus, or that employs sounds, such as alliteration or assonance, to achieve a rhetorical effect. |
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| The act or an instance of invoking, especially an appeal to a higher power for assistance. |
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| A formal tone helps establish the writer's respect for the audience and suggests that the writer is serious about his or her topic. |
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| unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern. |
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| a stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter, especially one forming a rhetorical unit and written in an elevated style, as, Know then thyself, presume not God to scan / The proper study of Mankind is Man. |
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| When an author writes something that brings up (or alludes to) something in history. They could mention it or set up a scenario that's nearly the same as the historical event or time. |
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| A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect, as in I could sleep for a year or This book weighs a ton. |
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| the name given to a line of verse that consists of five iambs (an iamb being one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed, such as "before"). |
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| It refers to a line consisting of four iambic feet. The word "tetrameter" simply means that there are four feet in the line; iambic tetrameter is a line comprising four iambs. |
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| A reproduction of the form of a person or object, especially a sculptured likeness. |
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| An implied metaphor does not come right out and make the comparison but instead suggests it more subtly, such as "he brayed his intention to stay." Here the reader understands the man is a mule since he "brayed," but the writer does not state the connection for the reader. |
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| a rhyme that happens within a single line of poetry. An example of internal rhyme is "while I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping." |
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