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| use of such symbolism to illustrate truth or a moral |
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| an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text. |
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| Allows for two or more simultaneous interpretations of a word, phrase, action, or situation, |
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| A comparison of two different things that are alike in some way |
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| repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences. |
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The placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas, as in “Give me liberty or give me death.” |
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| A concise and often witty statement of wisdom or opinion, such as “Children should be seen and not heard,” or “People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.” |
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| A rhetorical device by which a speaker turns from the audience as a whole to address a single person or thing. |
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| Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words |
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Lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.
*We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardships, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. J. F. Kennedy, |
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A clause is any word-construction containing a nominative and a predicate, i.e., a subject "doing" a verb
*"Joe left the building after seeing his romantic rival."
Clause: Joe left the building
Phrase: after seeing his romantic rival
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| A hackneyed or trite phrase that has become overused. |
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| An elaborate or unusual comparison--especially one using unlikely metaphors, simile, hyperbole, and contradiction. |
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| An association or idea suggested by a word or phrase; implication |
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A pair of lines of verse that rhyme. Some poems, such as “ The Night before Christmas,” are written entirely in couplets:
*Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. |
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| Choice of words, especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. |
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| Writing that is "preachy" or seeks overtly to convince a reader of a particular point or lesson. |
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| A mournful or plaintive poem or song, esp a lament for the dead. |
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A long narrative poem written in elevated style, in which heroes of great historical or legendary importance perform valorous deeds.
EX: the Odyssey |
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| A brief motto or quotation set at the beginning of a text (a book, a chapter of a book, an essay, a poem) to suggest its theme. |
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A short, poetic nickname--often in the form of an adjective or adjectival phrase--attached to the normal name
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