retorical devices Flashcards
(20 cards)
Alliteration
repition of sounds and letters
ALthought bob was bid he was a basful boy
Allusion
refrence to thing outside of story
his strength was that of Herules
analogy
coparing something unfarmiler to something farmilaer
writing poetry is like droping a rose petal in the grand canon and waiting for the echo
Anaphora
starting a buncha sentences or clases witht he same thing
To think on death is misery, To think on life is a vanity, To think that here man hath no perfect bliss
Anecdote
A small story in the story
Antimetabole
REpition of words in reveres
Fail o plan, plan to fail
Antithesis
To establish a clear idea by comparing two conating ideas
WE shall support and friend, oppose any foe
Asyndetion
omission of conjunctions for a building up
He came, he saw, he conquered
Colloquialism
Laungage wich is more used in speech present in text
He was trown into the slammer for ife
Euphemism
Replacing harsh words with more plesent words
He passed away
Hyperbole
Exaggeration
Ill die if I dont see you soon
Imagery
Picture of senses felt when reading words
The blnket was as soft as fur
Irony
Dramatic- Audince knowing more then the charecters
Situation- outcome is oppistiot of intended outcome
VErbal-Sacrasm (say oppisiot of what you mean)
dying of thirst in the ocean
Juxtopision
When contrasting words or ideas are placed next to each other
Love-sick romeo, Fiery Tibalt
Metaphor
A comparison without the use of like or as
Love is a rose
Onomatopoeia
word imitates the sound
crash, bang
Oxymoron
juxtopisotion using words that dont look like they should be thogether
Jumbo-shrim
Parallelism
same sentience or clause structor used to empised an idea
At sea, on land, in the air we will be loyal
Personification
When an inanimate object is given human attributes
The starts danced in the sky
Zeugma
a single word is used in refrence to two or more words
He stole my money and my heart
