Stylistic Devices I
What is the term for the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a sentence or phrase?
Alliteration
Question: What is the term for the comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"?
Simile
to draw attention to the scale of a development and to give an overview of a variety of arguments
enumeration
This term refers to the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.
Anaphora
This device involves the use of exaggerated terms for emphasis or heightened effect.
Hyperbole
This device involves the use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the narrative.
Foreshadowing
What is the term for the perspective or outlook from which a story is told?
Point of view
What stylistic device involves giving human-like characteristics to non-human entities or abstract concepts?
Personification
What term refers to the emotional association that a word carries beyond its literal meaning?
Connotation
This term describes the use of language to create mental images or pictures.
Figurative language
to emphasize a message, to draw attention to a key word
repetitions
to capture what is crucial about a character and a situation with a powerful image, to bring out the specific nature of a character or situation
metaphor
What is the term for a statement that contradicts itself but reveals a deeper truth?
Paradox
What is the term for a word or phrase that appeals to the senses, creating a vivid impression?
Imagery
What is the term for the repetition of a word or phrase in reverse order?
Chiasmus