5887686556 | Simile | Comparison using "like" or "as" | 0 | |
5887687399 | Metaphor | A comparison-stating 2 different things are the same without like or as | 1 | |
5887691372 | Apostrophe | Talking to an absent person or inanimate object | 2 | |
5887693509 | Cacophonous | Harsh sounding constance's "c,t,k" | 3 | |
5887695309 | Euphonious | Nice sounded "l,m,s" | 4 | |
5887699114 | Alliterations | Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words | 5 | |
5887701097 | Consonance | Repetition of consonant sounds at different parts of words | 6 | |
5887704956 | Onomatopoeia | Words whose sounds suggest there meaning | 7 | |
5887705721 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds; words don't have to rhyme | 8 | |
5887706836 | Internal Rhyme | Rhyming words (tame;shame) within the same line | 9 | |
5887708347 | Satire | The use of irony or ridicule in exposing vice, folly, etc. | 10 | |
5887710059 | Elegy | Poem or lament for the dead | 11 | |
5887710896 | Hyperbole | An exaggeration, opposite of understatement | 12 | |
5887712496 | Epigram | Short, witty statement | 13 | |
5887713339 | Syntax | Word order | 14 | |
5887714111 | English Sonnet | abab, cdcd, efef, gg | 15 | |
5887715923 | Ode | Length: 3 part structure, lyric (song), experssing happiness, joy | 16 | |
5887718773 | Ballad | A narrative refrain (tells story) | 17 | |
5887720550 | Oxymoron | Two opposing words placed next to each other (Jumbo Shrimp) | 18 | |
5887722991 | Personification | Give human qualities to an inanimate object | 19 | |
5887725315 | Pun | Play on words | 20 | |
5887726238 | Allegory | Story in which characters represent abtract ideas or concepts | 21 | |
5887729180 | Antithesis | Parallel structure (same syntax) convey opposite ideas | 22 | |
5887731140 | Paradox | Two statements that contradict on the surface but make sense underneath | 23 | |
5887733729 | Juxtaposition | The placement of two things- visually conflicting-next to each other | 24 | |
5887735107 | Synecdoche | When a part represents a whole or a whole represents a part | 25 | |
5887736714 | Rhetorical Question | A question posed without an expected or response | 26 | |
5887737960 | Metonymy | When some object related to a noun represents the noun | 27 |
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