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Literary Devices

Literary Devices. Alliteration. The repetition of sounds especially of the initial consonant. Alliteration. The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way. . Anaphora. The repetition of the same word. A naphora.

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Literary Devices

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  1. Literary Devices

  2. Alliteration The repetition of sounds especially of the initial consonant

  3. Alliteration The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way.

  4. Anaphora The repetition of the same word

  5. Anaphora This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars

  6. Apostrophe Address to someone or something not present

  7. Apostrophe Oh ancestors, what would you say about this matter?

  8. Asyndeton Omission of conjunctions

  9. Asyndeton Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

  10. Ellipsis Omission of a word (usually form of sum with passives, or esse with infinitives)

  11. Ellipsis "Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends."(Virginia Woolf)

  12. Hendiadys a single idea expressed through two words, not usually taken together, which are joined by a conjunction, instead of a modified noun (lectus et umbra instead of the shaded couch)

  13. Hendiadys "He came despite the rain and weather" instead of "He came despite the rainy weather"

  14. Hyperbaton Words that naturally belong to one another are separated for emphasis or effect

  15. Hyperbaton Alone he walked on the cold, lonely roads.

  16. Hyperbole Exaggeration, emphatic overstatement

  17. Hyperbole Waves high as mountains broke over the reef.

  18. Litotes Deliberate understatement

  19. Litotes Jackie Robinsons breaking of baseball’s color barrier was no small accomplishment.

  20. Metaphor A comparison in which one thing is said to be another

  21. Metaphor Henry was a lion on the battlefield.

  22. Metonymy One word closely related to another used to suggest the other word

  23. Metonymy The Crown had absolute power in the Middle Ages.

  24. Personification Giving human qualities to animals or objects

  25. Personification Love enfolded us in her arms.

  26. Polysyndeton Use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some may be excessive

  27. Polysyndeton Marge and Susan and Anne and Daisy and Barry all planned to go for a picnic.

  28. Polysyndeton Marge and Susan and Anne and Daisy and Barry all planned to go for a picnic.

  29. Tmesis Separation of one word into two parts (in Latin this is always the separation of a compound word)

  30. Tmesis He shall be punished, what man so ever offended.

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