the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
What is alliteration?
100
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
What is personification?
100
a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story
What is a flashback?
100
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
What is onomatopoeia?
100
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox )
What is simile?
200
the intense feeling that an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events
What is suspense?
200
be a warning or indication of (a future event)
What is foreshadowing?
200
a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something
What is epiphany?
200
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
What is hyperbole?
200
correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry
What is rhyme?
300
repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable
What is repetition?
300
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
What is oxymoron?
300
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference
What is allusion?
300
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work
What is imagery?
300
is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience
What is tone?
400
in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible
What is assonance?
400
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
What is irony?
400
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words
What is idiom?
400
the atmosphere or pervading tone of something, especially a work of art
What is mood?
400
a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group