vocab 15

Chiasmus

A type of rhetorical balance in poetry where the second part is syntactically balanced against the first, but with the parts reversed.

Caesura

A natural pause or break in a line of verse, usually indicated by the sense of the line, often greater than the normal pause.

Enjambment

Continuation of the sense and grammatical construction from one line of poetry to the next.

Anaphora

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines.

Antistrophe

Repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses.

Epithet

An adjective or adjective phrase that appropriately qualifies a subject by naming a key characteristic.

Palindrome

A word, line, verse, number, or sentence that reads the same backward as forward.

Mnemonic

A technique used to improve memory.

Anthropomorphism

Attribution of human characteristics, emotions, and behaviors to animals or non-human entities.

Zoomorphism

Giving animal-like qualities to anything that is not that animal, including humans or inanimate objects.