Rhetoric And Devices Flashcards
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Allusion is:
Any reference to something.
Biblical, historical, fictional, etc.
Alliteration is:
The repetition of a same or similar consonant sound that are close together
Analogy is:
Any comparison between two things to highlight similarities
Anaphora is:
The repetition of a phrase or word at the BEGINNING OF a sentence
Anastrophe is:
Fancy word for inversion.
Antimetabole / Chiasmus is:
Repetition of words in successive clauses in REVERSE GRAMMATICAL ORDER.
Eat to live, not live to eat.
Antithesis is:
The balancing of highly contrasted words or phrases.
Antihero is:
The protagonist that holds the opposite traits of a regular hero.
HEATHCLIFF and Shrek are examples.
Anthropomorphism is:
Giving a personality to inanimate objects.
Olaf from Frozen
Aphorism / Maxim / Epigram is:
Brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wide observation on life.
Apostrophe is:
Talking to an inanimate, dead, or imaginary character about an abstract concept.
Assonance is:
Repetition of similar vowel sounds.
Consonance is:
Repetition of similar consonant sounds.
Conceit is
An elaborate metaphor that compares two startlingly different things
Elegy is:
A poem of mourning and grief
Epic is:
A long narrative which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies values in a society
Epithet is:
Adjective used or applied to a person that is frequently used to emphasize a quality.
Voldemort - He Who Must Not Be Named
Epistrophe is:
Repetition at the end of a sentence
Farce is:
Type of comedy in which stereotyped character are in odd situations
Foil is:
Character that acts as a contrast to another
Heathcliff and Edgar
Foreshadowing is:
Using hints and clues to allude to something in the future
Free verse is:
Poetry does not conform to meter
Allegory
Characters are all symbolic in an extended metaphor
Ambiguity
Not being clear or direct
