Terms 1-10 Flashcards
Anadiplosis
(syntactical)
Repetition of a prominent last word in one phrase or clause at the beginning of the next.
Ex. Rely on honor-honor such as his.
Anadiplosis
(syntactical)
Anaphora
(syntactical)
Repetition where the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines.
Ex. ‘Tis a fault to heaven. A fault against the dead. A fault to nature.
Anaphora
(syntactical)
Anastrophe
(syntactical)
Figure of speech involving an inversion of the natrual syntax of a sentence for the sake of emphasis or effect.
Ex. She drank the lemonade, cool and refreshing.
Anastrophe
(syntactical)
Assonance
(poetic)
Repetition of similar vowel sounds.
Ex. Sher sang a low tone.
Assonance
(poetic)
Apostrophe
(literary)
Figure of speech where an absent person or thing can’t respond back.
Ex. Death, be not proud.(Donne)
Apostrophe
(literary)
Asyndeton
(syntactical)
Omission of the conjunctions(FANBOYS) that are ordinarily join sucessive words or clauses.
Ex. I burn. I pine. I perish.
Asyndeton
(syntactical)
Cacophony
(poetic)
The use of words and phrases that imply strong, harsh within the phrase. These words have jarring and dissonant sounds that create a disturbing, objectionable atmosphere.
Ex. His fingers rapped and pounded the door, and his foot thumped against the yellowing wood.
Cacophony
(poetic)
Caesura
(poetic)
A pause in a line or sentence that is formed by rhythms of natrual speech rather than by metrics.
Ex. Mozart-oh how your music makes me soar!
Ex. To err is human; to forgive is divine(Alexander Pope).
Caesura
(poetic)
Colloquialism
(literary)
A word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typical one used in ordinary or familiar conversations; slang native to a region.
Ex. I don’t wanna.
Ex. Hey, give me a drink of pop.
Ex. What are you fixin’ to do?
Colloquialism
(literary)
Allusions often used to cite specific characters.
Mythology Allusion
References which may deal with circumstances with religious “undertones”.
Biblical Allusion
A type of allusions which might refer to a major historical event.
Historical Allusion
Allusions which often work to refer to other well-known pieces.
Literary Allusion
References which would be sustained in works like “Alice and Wonderland” or “Gulliver’s Travels”.
Political Allusion
Allusions that often lost when the current context is no longer in the public eye.
Contemporary Allusion
