Names
What is a metaphor?
A comparsion between two things without like or as.
Idiom
a stylistic device where two or more words in a phrase or line of writing share the same beginning consonant sound. The words may be adjacent or may be separated by one or more words.
Alliteration
Simile or Metaphor?
Shall I compare thee to a summers day?
Metaphor
I am LITERALLY dying right now!
Hyperbole
What is a similie?
A comparison between two things using like or as.
Chocolate cake is my Achilles heel.
a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or illogical, but upon further examination, might reveal some truth. I
Paradox
Oxymoron or Juxtaposition?
Bittersweet
Oxymoron
The trees danced in the wind
Personification
What is assonance?
Assonance is when you repeat the same vowel sound in words that are close together, but the consonants are different.
"Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." - Yoda, Star Wars
Anadiplosis
a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.
Rhetorical Question
Assonance or Consonance?
Hickory dickory dock.
Consonance
The bees buzzed in the garden, while the sizzling sausages on the grill filled the air with tempting aromas.
Onomatopoeia
What is dramatic irony?
Dramatic irony is a literary technique used in literature and film where the audience or reader knows more about a situation, event, or future circumstances than the characters or figures within the text.
*flips table*
I have a little bit of a temper
Understatement
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words
Idiom
Parallel Structure or Anaphora?
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair."
Anaphora
Anaphoras use parallel structure deliberately, in an attempt to emphasize/highlight the words.
Act natural
Oxymoron
What is situational irony?
a discrepancy between what is expected to happen and what actually happens
“Working hard or hardly working?”
Chiasmus
a rhetorical device that involves using the same general structure for multiple parts of a sentence, or for multiple sentences, in order to create balance and rhythm.
Parallel Structure or Parallelism
Anaphora or Parallelism?
we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground
Anaphora
“The structure of an atom is like a solar system. The Nucleus is the sun and the electrons are the planets revolving around their sun."
Analogy