poetry Flashcards
1
Q
alliteration
A
deliberate repetiton of sounds
2
Q
anaphora
A
repetetion f words or phrases for emphesis
3
Q
assonance
A
repetition of vowel or syllable sounds in successive words
4
Q
asydeton
A
omission of conjunctions where one or more would ordinarily be expected in a series of words or phrases.
5
Q
chiasmus
A
abba
6
Q
ellipsis
A
ommision of one or more words necessary to the sense of a sentence but eaisly understood from the concept.
7
Q
synchysis
A
arragnement of releated pairs of words in an alternaying abab
8
Q
litotes
A
a form of deliberate understatement
9
Q
polysyndeton
A
use of a greater number of conjuntions than usaul or necessary.
10
Q
transferred epithet
A
application of an adjectove to one noun when it applies to another.
