Lit. Devices Group 2 Flashcards
(22 cards)
Alliteration
Repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words
Anaphora
Regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses
Aphorism
A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief
Chiasmus
The order of terms in the first of parallel clauses is reversed in the second
Conceit
An extended metaphor between seemingly dissimilar objects
Connotation
Associations called up by words beyond their dictionary meaning
Ekphrasis
A verbal or dramatic description of a work of art
Elision
Taking out syllables to make a line fit in a particular meter
Epigraph
Quote set in the beginning of a literary work
Euphony
A series of musically pleasing sounds
Foil
A character who serves to highlight one or more attributes of another character
Hubris
Overweening pride
In Medias Res
Opening a story in the middle of the action
Irony
A disconnect between what is said and what is meant
Litotes
Expressing an affirmative with the negative of its opposite
Malapropism
Using an incorrect word in place of one that is similar in pronunciation
Portmanteau
When multiple words have been truncated and combined to form a new word
Prosopopoeia
A form of personification in which the inanimate object speaks
Metonymy
The name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it
Simile
Metaphor that uses the words “like” or “as”
Spoonerism
A verbal error in which a speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words
Synesthesia
Using one sense to represent another
