Lit. Device #1
Comparing two things NOT using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
"Twinkle, twinkle, little star
how I wonder what you are"
Apostrophe
Device used for listing details, or a process of mentioning words or phrases step by step.
Enumeratio
"I hate green beans. I can't stand the smell of them."
Abhorrent
Angst
Identify the three qualifiers:
"Usually, there are a few people that may think they know everything."
Usually, few, may
"OMG" "Peace out ya'll" "Fo sho"
Colloquial
"I am terribly happy."
Oxymoron
Strict in manner and attitude.
Austere
Sarcastic/ sharp and forthright
Acerbic
"a penny saved is a penny earned"
Aphorism
"The pressures of unity causes disunity"
Paradox
"...where she walks the crowd will part like the Sea for Israel"
-Not simile
Allusion
"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 shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts..."
"I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled..."
-Not asyndeton
- Not enumeratio
-Not ethos/pathos/logos
Satire
(Picture)
Apostrophe
“It was no great distance, in those days, from the prison-door to the market-place.”
-Not asyndeton
Expletive
Mental or physical pain or suffering
Anguish
(Picture)
Ambivalent