Sound
repetition of initial consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
repetition at the beginnings of lines
What is anaphora?
a direct comparison of two unlike things
What is a metaphor?
antiquainted language
What is archaic?
unstressed stressed
What is an iamb?
Repetition of consonant sounds in the middle and ends of words
What is consonance?
Balancing of words and phrases
What is parallel structure?
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
everyday language
What is colloquial?
stressed unstressed
What is a trochee?
What is onomatopoeia?
XY YX
What is chiasmus?
A meaphor that is part to whole
What is synecdoche?
technical language
What is jargon?
unstressed unstressed stressed
What is anapestic?
harsh sound
What id cacophony?
repetition at the ends of lines
What is epistrophe?
a metaphor in which a larger idea represents something closely related to it
What is metonymy?
language one uses in essay writing
stressed unstressed unstressed
What is a dactyl?
pleasant sound
What is euphony?
contrast in parallel form
What is antithesis?
An understatement with a negative that means the opposite
What is litotes?
poetic language with vivid and eleborate words
What is flowery language?
What is a spondee?