Device
Giving humanlike qualities to nonhuman things
Personification
The repetition of the letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words
Alliteration
Comparison of two things using like or as
Similie
What are you eating for lunch?
Interrogative Sentence
Descriptions that appeal to one or more of the five senses
Imagery
The listing of things to create the effect of a rhythm
Cataloging
An overstatement or exaggeration meant to create emphasis
Hyperbole
I’m eating Pizza for lunch.
Declarative Sentence
The repetition of the beginning of successive clauses
Anaphora
The expression of two opposite things existing at the same time/in the same thing
Antithesis
Sentence type must begin with an independent clause and finish with the dependent clause
Cumulative Sentence
Remember to use the garlic butter.
Imperative Sentence
Not using coordinating conjunctions where they are necessary
Asyndeton
A sentence made up of repeating grammatical structure (clause or phrase structure)
Parallelism
The repetition of the end of successive clauses
Epistrophe
I ate the best lunch ever!
Exclamatory Sentence
The repetition of similar ideas in reverse or mirrored sequence
Chiasmus
When a single word is used to link two different thoughts by distributing through the sentence
Zeugma
Sentence type that must begin with a dependent clause and is finished with the independent clause
Periodic Sentence
Don't forget to throw out your trash.
Imperative Sentence