ALLEGORY, HYPERBOLE,

SYNECDOCHE

Devyn SarnoPd3

ALLEGORY

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. Allegory is a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures and events. It can be used in prose and poetry to tell a story with a purpose of teaching an idea and a principle or explaining an idea or a principle. The objective of its use is to show a moral lesson.

Examples:

-Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser is a religious or moral allegory where characters represent virtues and vices.

-The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is a religious allegory with Aslan as Christ and Edmund as Judas.

THIS REPRESENTS IS AN IMAGE OF GOOD APPLES AND BAD APPLES COMPARING THEM TO THE STUDENTS; THE BAD APPLES ARE THE STUDENTS WHO DON’T CARE ABOUT SCHOOL AND ARE ALWAYS MISBEHAVING, THE GOOD APPLES ARE THE STUDENTS WHO WOULD NORMALLY GET GOOD GRADES AND ARE BEHAVING.

HYPERBOLE

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. Normally followed by an exclamation mark.

Examples:

-Thank you a million times!: meaning that you are not going to actually thank someone a million times you are just exaggerating how thankful you really are.

- I'm so hungry I can eat a cow!: Although you might be very hungry you are obviously not going to eat a whole cow.

THIS PICTURE SHOW A HYPERBOLE BECAUSE YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO DIE OF SOMEONE USES ON INCORRECTLY, YOU MIGHT GET REALLY ANGRY BUT NOT DIE.

SYNECDOCHE

A figure of speech that can be a part of which is made to represent a whole or vice versa. It can use a word or phrase as a class that will express less or more than the word or phrase actually means.  

A synecdoche may also refer to an object by the material it is made from or refer to the contents in a container by the name of the container.  

Example:

-Boston won by six runs: meaning “Boston's baseball team”, they refer to the team which is part of the city by referring to the whole city

- Calling clothing “threads”: threads are the part that make up the whole clothing

WHEN SOMEONE SAYS ALL HANDS ON DECK THEY ARE REFERRING TO THE PEOPLE AS HANDS EVEN THOUGH A HAND IS ONLY PART OF A PERSON.

WHICH IS A HYPERBOLE?

A.) The trees whispered in the wind.

B.) I have a million things to do today.

C.) The water is shiny.

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A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning is called an________.

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A figure of speech that can be a part of which is made to represent a whole or vice versa is called a _________.

SOURCES

http://examples.yourdictionary.com/allegory-examples.html

https://www.google.com/search?q=allegorical+imagery&biw=1366&bih=667&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIuM-stbvRxwIVhtKACh142Au6#tbm=isch&q=Synecdoche&imgrc=01IBKlohFEidEM%3A

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hyperbole

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allegorical