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A comparison usually between two unrelated things. A simile uses "like" or "as" to introduce the comparison.
Example: "John swims like a fish" |
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A comparison not using "like" or "as" which indicated a likeness or analogy between attributes found in both things.
Example: "Time is money" |
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Giving of human characteristics to inanimate objects.
Example: "Her heart cried out" |
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A technique of mentioning a part of something to represent the whole
Example: "All hands on deck!" |
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The substitution of a work naming an object for another word closely associated with it.
Example: "The White House has decided." |
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| A word or image that signifies something other than what it literally means. |
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| A narrative or description having a second meaning. |
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An exaggeration for the sake of emphasis.
Example: "Rivers of blood" |
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| Saying less than one means, or saying something with less force than the occasion warrants. |
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A balancing or contrasting of one term against the other.
Example: "Man proposes, God disposes." |
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Addressing someone or something usually not present but as though they are there.
Example: "Captain, My Captain! A fearful trip is done. " |
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| When the author implies a different meaning from that intended by the speaker (literary work. A discrepancy between what a character says and what the reader knows. |
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| A figure of speech in which what is meant is the opposite of what's said. |
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| A statement or situation containing apparently contradictory or incorrect elements. |
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A compact paradox
Example: "Bitter sweet" or "living death" |
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| A reference in literature to a previous literature, history, myth or the bible. |
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| A short often personal story used to emphasize a point, develop a character, theme, or to inject humor. |
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| The word or phrase to which a pronoun refers. |
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| a statement that expresses a general truth or moral principle. |
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In literature, the use of words that imply strong, harsh sounds within the phrase.
Example: "His fingers rapped and pounded at the door." |
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A pause somewhere in the middle of a verse
Example" "Alas how changed! | What sudden horrors rise!" |
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Any grammatical structure in which the elements are repeated in reverse order.
Example: "Now is the time, the time is now." |
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| a far-fetched comparison between two seemingly unlike things. |
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| An association a word calls to mind. |
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Repetition of the same consonant two of more times in short succession.
Example: "pitter patter" |
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Repetition on vowel sounds to create internal rhyming.
Example: "Do you like blue?" |
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| The thought of one line runs into the next, when the sentence or meaning DOES stop it is called END STOPPED LINE. |
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| Anything that appeals to the readers senses. |
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A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating it's opposite.
Example: "We are not amused." |
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| Humorous plan on words that have several meanings. |
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| The use of humor to ridicule and expose the shortcomings of people and institutions. |
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A kind of ellipsis in which one work (usually a verb) is understood differently in relation to two or more words.
Example: "I live in shame and the suburbs." |
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