Literary Devices (Kartei)

11 Karteikarten

• 1
  alliteration

  repetition of the same letter at beginning of words or ...
• 2
  anaphora

  the repetition of a word or phrase for emphasis
• 3
  asyndeton

  omission of conjunctions
• 4
  polysyndeton

  use of many conjunctions
• 5
  ellipsis

  omission of words
• 6
  hyperbole

  exaggeration
• 7
  metaphor

  expression of meaning through an image
• 8
  simile

  comparison using a word like "like", "as"
• 9
  onomatopoeia

  use of words that sound like their meaning
• 10
  oxymoron

  use of an apparent contradiction
• 11
  personification

  attribution of human characteristics to something non-human