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| repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
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Something Intangible
(Love, Hope, Hate) |
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| Reference to a familiar subject outside the work |
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| Repetition of a word or phrase for emphasis at the beginning of successive clauses |
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| When words or phrases are parallel but express opposite ideas (it was the best of times, it was the worst of times) |
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| Repetition of vowel sounds, usually at the beginnings of words |
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| Omission in which conjunctions are eliminated in successive phrases for emphasis |
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| exaggeration for effect or emphasis |
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underlying meaning of a word
accompanying ideas and emotions associated with it |
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Repetition of key terms in a sentence, forming ABBA
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country" |
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| Interpretation in many different ways |
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directly addressing someone/something dead or absent in literature
(deity, the moon) |
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describes words for specific things
(sidewalk, bunny) |
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Omission of unnecessary words
Signaled by three dots |
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| (Diction) educated or eloquent |
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| choice of words especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness |
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| Going off the main topic; something tangential |
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| Comparison without using "like" or "as" |
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The whole stands for the part
(Hollywood for the film industry) |
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The part stands for the whole
("wheels" for a car, "John Hancock" for signature, "Coke" for soda) |
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The combination of contradictory terms to reveal a paradox
(Odi et amo, Microsoft Works) |
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Making something smaller than it really is to show its importance
( We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped.) |
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makes a point by negating the opposite
("She's not completely unattractive")
or "not bad" |
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Phrase or image used so often that it has lost its meaning
(Think outside the box) |
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| short episode used to add to the writer's point |
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| local or country expression, e.g. "Pop" vs. "Soda" |
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| apparently contradictory statement that reveals an essential truth (Odi et Amo) |
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| Personal characteristics for an inanimate object (the Muses are the arts personified) |
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| The presentation of animals or objects in human shape or with human characteristics. The term is derived from the Greek word for "human form." |
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| used to describe an original pattern or model from which all other things of the same kind are made. They appear in literature as incidents and plots that repeat basic patterns of life. They may also appear as stereotyped characters. |
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