Literary Terms A-F Flashcards
Polysyndeton
is a stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect. Polysyndeton examples are found in literature and in day-to-day conversations. EX: “Let the white folks have their money and power and segregation
Anecdote
A short and interesting story or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some point and make readers and listeners laugh. Anecdotes can include an extensive range of tales and stories. In fact, it is a short description or an account of any events that makes readers laugh or brood over the topic presented for a purpose.
Analogy
A comparison in which an idea or thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. It aims explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar. Metaphors and similes are tool used to draw an analogy. Therefore, analogy is is more extensive and elaborate than either a simile or a metaphor. Consider the following example: “Structure or a atom is like a solar system. Nucleus is the sun and the electrons are the planets revolving around the sun.”
Antithesis
Literal meaning opposite, is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. Antithesis emphasizes the idea of contrast by parallel structures of the contrasted phrases or clauses, I.E. The structures of phrases and clauses are similar in order to draw the attention of the listeners or readers.
