literary devices

I am so cooked

Apostrophe

A speech or address to a person who is not present or a personified object; “Oh, Romeo, oh Romeo” (Romeo isn’t there)

Simile

Comparing something to something else

Allusion

An expression designed to call something to mind without directly expressing it; I’m the Romeo to your Juliet

Assonance

Similarity in sounds between 2 syllables that are close together (vowels); Back - hat

Consonance

Similarity in sounds between 2 syllables that are close together (consonants)

“Hit - hat”

Synecdoche

A figure of speech where a part is used for the whole

“Nice wheels!” (Nice car.)

Metonymy

Something is referred to by the name of something else that is closely related to the other thing

“The White House will be making an announcement.” (It’s actually the President the white house can’t talk it's a building 💀)

Sibilance

Hissing sound created in a group of words

Presently my soul grows stronger; hesitating then no longer