Literature Quotes
Jerry smiled nervously and waved to his mother, who stood weeping a few feet away, and boarded the bus.
"The Carnival"
What is foreshadowing
Harshness in the sound of words or phrases
What is Cacophony
Metaphor
a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them
“Don't ever call me mad, Mycroft. I'm not mad. I'm just ... well, differently moraled, that's all.”
The Eyre Affair
What is Euphemism
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity
What is Satire
Personification
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
“Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me"
Emily Dickinson
What is Personification
a word or expression used in lieu of a harsher alternative
What is Euphemism
Euphemism
a word or expression used in lieu of a harsher alternative
“’Well, you keep away from her, cause she’s a rattrap if I ever seen one.’”
—Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
What is Metaphor
the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in a series of words or syllables
What is Alliteration
Assonance
the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in a series of words or syllables
In The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry, a wife sells her hair to buy her husband a watch chain, and her husband sells his watch to buy her combs for her hair.
What is Irony
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
What is Irony
Cacophony
Harshness in the sound of words or phrases