Week Four Vocab - Figurative Language Pt. 2

Allusion

A figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object

Epistrophe

Ending several lines of prose or poetry with the same word or phrase

Paradox

A statement that appears to be untrue on the surface, but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity

Oxymoron

When two contradict words are together in one phrase

Synecdoche

A literary device in which a part of something represents the whole

Metonymy

When an object is used to describe something that’s closely related to it

Antithesis

When two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect while maintaining parallel structure

Colloquialism

A word or phrase that is not formal or literary, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation