Language Techniques Flashcards
What is this an example of :
Sally sells sea-shells by the sea shore
Alliteration
Define Anaphora
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrase clauses or lines
What is this an example of?
And needy nothing trimm’d in jollity. And purest faith unhappily forsworn. And gilded honour shamefully misplaced. And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted
Anaphora
Define Anastrophe
Transposition (cause two or more things to exchange places) of a normal word order
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Powerful you have become; the dark side I sense in you
Anastrophe
Define Antithesis
Contrast of ideas or words in a parallel structure
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It was the best of times, it was the worse of times
Antithesis
Define Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words
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How now brown cow
Assonance
Define Consonance
Repetition of consonant sound within words or ending words
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The ship has sailed to the far off shores
Consonance
Define Metaphor
Implied comparison through a figurative, not literate use of words
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I was lost in a sea of nameless faces
Metaphor
Define Parallelism
The arrangement of words, phrases, clauses or larger structures placed side by side, making them similar in form
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Like father, like son
Parallelism
