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A symbolic representation
ex: The blindfolded figure with scales is an allegory of justice. |
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The repetition of the initial consonant. There should be at least two repetitions in a row.
ex: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers |
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A reference to a famou person or evet in life or literature.
ex: She is as pretty as the Mona Lisa. |
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Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or peron that belongs to an earlier time.
ex: A clock in Julius Caesar. |
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The comparison of 2 pairs which have the same relationship.
ex: Shoe is to foot as tire is to wheel. |
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| One of the devices of repetition, in which the same phrase is repeated at the biginning of two or more lines. |
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Opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a blnced or parallel construction.
ex: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. |
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It is a direct address to the dead or an inanimate object creating an emotinal surge.
ex: Caesar, only if you were alive. |
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The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence.
ex: Flash with a rash and give me cash. |
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lack of conjunction between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.
ex: I came. I saw. I conquered. |
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Unrhymed verse, espectially unrhymed iambic pentameter most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse.
ex: Written in iambic pentameter and it doesn't rhyme. |
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A reversal in the order of words in 2 otherwise parallel phrases.
ex: He went to the country, to the town went she. |
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| The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story. |
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| Action that interrupts to show an event that happened at an earlier time which is necessary to better understanding. |
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| Hints of what is to come in the action of a play or a story. |
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A figure of speech involving exaggeration.
ex: It's raining cats and dogs. |
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| Language that evokes one or all of the five senses. |
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| Is an implied discrepancy between what is said and what is meant. |
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A comparion in which on thing is said to be another.
ex: The cat's eyes were jewels, gleaming in the darkness. |
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It is an associative substitution technique.
ex: "A press conference by the Pentagon." Here, Pentagon refers to the officials of the pentagon who will be holding the press conference. |
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Dominant theme or central idea.
ex: Decorating a room with a sports motif. |
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The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe.
ex: The burning wood crackled and hissed. |
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Putting 2 contradictory words together.
ex: bittersweet, act naturally. |
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In this literary device, the idea to be stated is repeated in some other form to emphasize the articulation.
ex: Show me your strength, your stamina, your energy only where it is needed. |
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Reveals a kind of truth whch at first seems contradictory. 2 opposing ideas.
ex: I'm a lier. |
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| A humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing. |
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| Is giving human qualities to animals or objects. |
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The use of a number of conjunctions in close succession.
ex: We lived and laughed and loved and left. |
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| A word is used which has 2 meanings at the same time, which results in humor. |
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The literary art of ridiculing a folly or vice in order to expose or correct it.
ex: Scary Movies, most political cartoons. |
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| Figure of speec involving a comparison between unlike things using like, as, or as though. |
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The representation of a whole aspect by a part or a part by the whole.
ex: "He has several mouths to feed." Here, mouths represent people. OR ABC's for alphabet. |
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One independent clause.
ex: My house is pink. |
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Containse 2 simple sentences that are connected.
ex: My house is pink, and her house is yellow. |
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Contains one simple sentence and one more subordinate sentece (dependent clause).
ex: After i laughed, I peed my pants.
I was happy when i won a trophy. |
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| When, after, since, while, if, etc. |
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| Compound-Complex Sentence |
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Contains 2 or more independent lauses and one or more subordinate clause.
ex: I ate food and Reese drank some milk while tannaz studied. |
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Contains phrases or clauses that balance eachother by virtue of their likeness of structure, meaning, or length.
ex: I played with blocks: I played alone. |
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Contains 2 statements that are balanced but opposite.
ex: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. |
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| Loose/Cumulative Sentence |
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Contains the main or independenct clause at the beginning of the sentence followed by further gramatical units.
ex: His eyes are like the ocean, blue and endless when you look in. |
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Contains the main or independent clause at the end of the sentence with additonal information leading up to it. (Doesn't make sense until the end).
ex: As she came out of the house, Claire ran happily. |
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