Lit. Device #1
"'Theology is a fortress'"
Metaphor
"All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal."
Deductive reasoning
Describes one sense in terms of another. Senses are expressed as being intertwined or having a connection between them.
Synesthesia
"Green beans are gross! I can't stand the smell of them. They are absolutely the most disgusting thing I have ever ate."
Abhorrent
Mental or physical pain or suffering
Anguish
“'Man, remember, until an hour before the devil fell, God thought him beautiful in heaven.'”
(NOT Expletive)
Allusion
"OMG"
"Peace out, y'all"
Colloquial
"Listen to the motor. Listen to the wheels. Listen with your ears."
(NOT repetition, parallelism)
Anaphora
Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
Ambivalent
Sarcastic/ sharp and forthright
Acerbic
"a penny saved is a penny earned"
Aphorism
“Why do you come, yellow bird?”
(NOT rhetorical question)
Apostrophe
A statement that appears to be self-contradictory, but which may include a truth
Paradox
"I don't want to take this quiz. What if I can't remember the words? What if I fail? I should have studied more!"
Angst
"I just love to read. I could read all day. I wish my only job was reading. I love books!"
Ardent
"I will bring your guts into your mouth!"
Hyperbole
"We burn a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment"
(Hint: Court is a crucible)
Metaphor
"The children without dinner changed them, the endless moving changed them...and their hostility changed them..."
(NOT parallelism, expletive)
Epistrophe
"I want to go for a walk today, but I also want to finish my book. I only have two more chapters left, so I should finish reading it, but it feels really nice outside so it would be nice to take a walk."
Ambivalent
Parris: Why could there not have been poppets hid where no one ever saw them?
Proctor, furious: There might also be a dragon with five legs in my house, but no one has ever seen it.
(Focus on Proctor's response)
(Not austere or abhorrent)
Acerbic
"Who gets killed in the case of violent revolution? The poor, the workers."
Hypophora
“Usually, there are a few people that may think they know everything."
(Focus on bolded words)
Qualifiers
"...roots will resist the million enemies of the earth: the molds, the insects, the rusts, the blights..."
(NOT anaphora, parallelism, expletive, personification, hyperbole, enumeratio)
Asyndeton
"Do not speak. Do not get out of your seat. Do not ask me questions. Just be quiet."
(Not acerbic)
Austere
Danforth, to Proctor: What are you? Proctor is beyond speech in his anger. You are combined with anti-Christ, are you not? I have seen your power; you will not deny it!
Proctor: I say - I say - God is dead
(Focus on Proctor's response)
(NOT- Angst, Abhorrent, Anguish, Acerbic)
Resigned