Literary Devices

Question 1

Aliiteration

Answer 1

Repetition of the same sound, usually initial, in two or more words. The term normally applies to consonants and accented initial vowels. For example, ut te postremo donarem munere mortis / et mutam nequiquam adloquerer cinerem

Question 2

Anaphora

Answer 2

Repetition of a word, usually at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases, for emphasis or for pathetic effect.

Question 3

Assonance

Answer 3

The close recurrence of similar sounds, usually used of vowel sounds. For example, amissos longo
socios sermone requirunt

Question 4

Chiasmus

Answer 4

Arrangement of words, usually adjectives and nouns, in the pattern A B B A

Question 5

Polysyndeton

Answer 5

Use of unnecessary conjunctions. For example, Eurusque Notusque ruunt creberque

Question 6

Synchesis

Answer 6

Interlocking arrangement of pairs of words so that one word of each pair is between the words of the other (A B A B)