Figures Of Speech Flashcards
Alliteration
Repetition of an initial consonant sound
Allusion
The act of alluding is to make indirect reference. It is a a literary device, a figure of speech that quickly stimulates different ideas and associations using only a couple of words
Anaphora
The repetition and f the same word for r phrase at the beginning and f successive clauses or verses
Antaclasis
It is a rhetorical device in which a word is repeated and whose meaning changes in the second instance
Antiphrasis
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used to mean the opposite of its normal meaning to create ironic humorous effect
Assonance
Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighbouring words
Onomatopoeia
This when a word sounds like what it means
Pathetic fallacy
The attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things or animals especially in art and literature
Blank verse
A literary device defined as an un-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter
Catharsis
It is the process of releasing strong or pent up emotions through art
Byronic hero
A type of fictional character who is a moody, brooding rebel, often one haunted by a dark secret from his past
Iambic pentameter
A line of verse with five metrical feet each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable