16-20 Flashcards
1
Q
Cacophony
A
hard, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose; the opposite of Euphony
2
Q
Denotation
A
dictionary meaning
3
Q
Enumeration
A
rhetorical device for listing details or a process of mentioning words or phrases step by step
4
Q
Analogy
A
comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is different from it. Aims at explaining it by comparing it to something else familiar
5
Q
Parallelism
A
use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in construction, sound, meaning or meter
