devices
devices that use like or as to compare two things
what is a simile?
exaggeration for purpose of emphasis
what is hyperbole?
"he ate me out of house and home" is an example of...
what is hyperbole?
what are the three appeals?
what is ethos, logos, pathos?
repetition of word or phrase at beginning of successive clauses
what is anaphora?
implied meaning of a word or phrase
what is connotation?
"America is a melting pot" is an example of...
what is metaphor?
placement of two things side by side for emphasis
what is juxtaposition?
indirect reference, often to another text or historic event
what is allusion?
speaker's attitude toward subject or audience
what is tone?
the devil's walking stick in Young Goodman Brown is an example of...
what is allusion?
"youth is wasted on the young" is an example of...
atmosphere that pervades literary work with intention of evoking certain emotion or feeling from audience
what is mood?
repetition of word at ends of successive clauses
what is epistrophe?
"trying to find my car keys is like looking for a needle in a haystack" is an example of...
what is analogy?
"And we beseech you, bend you to remain/Here, in the cheer and comfort of our eye,/Our chiefest courtier, cousin, and our son" is an example of...
what is alliteration?
parallel structure that juxtaposes contrasting ideas
what is antithesis?
repetition of similar grammatical or syntactical patterns
what is parallelism?
"do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth" is an example of...
what is epistrophe?
"better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven" is an example of...
what is antithesis?