Example From Lit Flashcards
1
Q
Euphemism
A
Ruddy
2
Q
Irony
A
No longer look through the eyes of the dead
3
Q
Metaphor
A
Robert you are a steer
4
Q
Persontifcation
A
The hawk swoops by and accuses me
5
Q
Prolepsis
A
Oh what rot
6
Q
Paradox
A
Play marches not only for victors , but for slain
7
Q
Anaphora
A
Have you reckoned with a thousand acres, have you reckoned with the earth
8
Q
Asyndeton
A
What is commonest, nearest, cheapest, easiest.
9
Q
Alliteration
A
The chauffeur came out
10
Q
Hyperbole
A
It’s enough to make a man join the clan
11
Q
Oxymoron
A
Grinning corpse
12
Q
Onomatopoeia
A
He was breathing very rhythmically with long rattling gasps
