Figurative Devices
A direct comparison between two unrelated things without using "like" or "as".
A word that imitates a sound
Placing two contrasting ideas close together
What is Juxtaposition?
Substituting a related word for the thing actually meant
What is Metonymy?
What is a Rhetorical Question?
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
Assonance (Example)
The rain in spain stays mainly in the plain.
Enjambment (Definition)
The continuation of a sentence beyond the end of a line
Synecdoche (Example)
All hands on deck!
- A part that represents the whole
Anaphora (Definition
What is Oxymoron
"The pitter-patter of little feet"
What is an example of Consonance?
Caesura (definition)
A pause or break within a line of poetry
Giving animals or objects human characteristics literally not figuratively.
What is Anthropomorphism?
I will not give up, I will not give in, I will not surrender.
What is Repitition?
Irony (Definition) - Examples dont count.
A contrast between expectation and reality
Cacophony (Definition)
The use of harsh, jarring sounds
Definition of Chiamus
A reversal in the order of words in two parallel phrases
Addressing an absent person object or idea as if it were present.
What is an Apostrophe?
Allusion (Definition+Example)
Reference to another literary work, person or historical event
He met his Juliet at the cafe.
"The more you give the more you have"
What is an example of Paradox?
"The mellow murmur of the waves soothed her soul"
What is an example of Euphony?
Epistrophe (Definition)
The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive lines
Iambic Pentameter (Definition)
Iambic pentameter is a rhythmic pattern in poetry consisting of five (penta) iambs per line. An iamb is a metrical foot with one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable (da-DUM).
Polysyndeton (example)
“We have ships and men and money and stores.”
A rhetorical device that repeats conjunctions (like and, or, but) in close succession, often slowing down the rhythm and adding emphasis.