Literary Devices
Alliteration: Repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
Assonance: Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.
Cacophony: Harsh, discordant sounds.
Euphony: Harmonious, melodious sounds.
Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate natural sounds.
Figurative Language
Metaphor: Implied comparison between two unlike things.
Simile: Comparison using 'like' or 'as'.
Personification: Giving human qualities to non-human entities.
Poetic Techniques
Enjambment: Line break of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
Meter: The rhythm of a piece of poetry.
Free verse: Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
Types of Poems
Connotation: The emotional or cultural association with a word.
Denotation: The literal or dictionary definition of a word.
Rhetorical Choices
Repetition
Anaphora: Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Epistrophe: Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses.
Alliteration: Repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
Sentence Structure
Asyndeton: Lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.
Polysyndeton: Repetition of conjunctions in a series of coordinate words, phrases, or clauses.
Parallelism: Giving two or more parts of the sentences a similar grammatical form.
Figures of Speech
Apostrophe: Addressing a person or object not present.
Antithesis: Juxtaposing contrasting ideas in parallel structure.
Understatement: Presenting something as less important than it actually is.
Other Devices
Euphemism: Substitution of a mild or indirect expression for a harsh or blunt one.
Expletive: Figure of emphasis used to lend emphasis to the words on either side, example: in fact, furthermore...
Ellipsis: Omission of words to allow the reader to fill in the gaps (...)
Syntax
Telegraphic: Sentences shorter than 5 words.
Short: Sentences around 5 words in length.
Medium: Sentences around 18 words in length.
Long: Sentences with 30+ words.
Rhetorical Questions: If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die?
Juxtaposition: Between the family it felt like a constant battle between war and peace
Imagery: Vivid description evoke sensory experiences.
Alliteration: Repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
Assonance: Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.
Cacophony: Harsh, discordant sounds.
Euphony: Harmonious, melodious sounds.
Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate natural sounds.
Figurative Language
Metaphor: Implied comparison between two unlike things.
Simile: Comparison using 'like' or 'as'.
Personification: Giving human qualities to non-human entities.
Poetic Techniques
Enjambment: Line break of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
Meter: The rhythm of a piece of poetry.
Free verse: Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter.
Types of Poems
Connotation: The emotional or cultural association with a word.
Denotation: The literal or dictionary definition of a word.
Rhetorical Choices
Repetition
Anaphora: Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Epistrophe: Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses.
Alliteration: Repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
Sentence Structure
Asyndeton: Lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.
Polysyndeton: Repetition of conjunctions in a series of coordinate words, phrases, or clauses.
Parallelism: Giving two or more parts of the sentences a similar grammatical form.
Figures of Speech
Apostrophe: Addressing a person or object not present.
Antithesis: Juxtaposing contrasting ideas in parallel structure.
Understatement: Presenting something as less important than it actually is.
Other Devices
Euphemism: Substitution of a mild or indirect expression for a harsh or blunt one.
Expletive: Figure of emphasis used to lend emphasis to the words on either side, example: in fact, furthermore...
Ellipsis: Omission of words to allow the reader to fill in the gaps (...)
Syntax
Telegraphic: Sentences shorter than 5 words.
Short: Sentences around 5 words in length.
Medium: Sentences around 18 words in length.
Long: Sentences with 30+ words.
Rhetorical Questions: If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die?
Juxtaposition: Between the family it felt like a constant battle between war and peace
Imagery: Vivid description evoke sensory experiences.
