Indian horse literary terms

sensory imagery

descriptive language to create a mental image

metaphor

directly comparing two things not using ‘‘like’’ or ‘‘as’’

simile

comparing two things using ‘‘like’’ or ‘‘as’’

onomatopoeia

when a word describes a sound

Anaphora

use of repetitive words or phrases at the beginning of a sentence for emphasis

Polysyndeton

the intentional use of many conjunctions to create emphasis

Asyndeton

the lack of conjunctions for flow

alliteration

repetition of initial consonant sounds in a sentence