Definitions
Attributes human characteristics to an animal
What is Anthropomorphism?
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past"
What is Metaphor?
Maintaining a rhythm, smoothing the flow of the text, creating a closeness based off of the whispered effect
What is Sibilance?
"No need to light a night-light on a light night like tonight."
What is Alliteration?
A repeated line or group of lines, often at the end of a section.
What is Refrain?
"He eats like a horse"
What is Zoomorphism?
Grasps the reader's attention, making them focus on a particular line or section using the repeated sounds.
What is Alliteration?
Simba in the Lion King, Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast
Often found in sonnets, this device marks a change in perspective or tone
What is Volta?
"O Death, where is thy sting?"
What is Apostrophe?
Stimulate the reader's thoughts by making them ponder the question
What is Hypophora?
What is sustainability anyways, we buy, we consume, we throw while virtue-signaling on social media. - Ashley Sir
What is one or both of Asyndeton and Hypophora?
Repetition in successive clauses, sentences, verses
What is Anaphora?
"Pledge your allegiance to The Crown"
What is Metonymy?
To speed up rhythm and pace
What is Asyndeton?
“We have ships and men and money and supplies.”
What is Polysyndeton?
A part representing the whole or a whole representing a part.
What is Synecdoche?
"Alone, alone, all alone."
What is Epizeuxis?
This device serves to give resolution or add insight to a poem.
What is Volta?
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the message was lost
For want of a message the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
What is Anaphora?