Literary Devices, Techniques, & Poetic Terminology

What does imagery means?

A piece of writing in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by particular attention to diction (sometimes involving rhyme), rhythm, and imagery.

Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

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

What does personification means?

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

What does rhyme means ?

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.

What does metaphor means?

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

A piece of writing in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by particular attention to diction (sometimes involving rhyme), rhythm, and imagery.

A seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true.

What does paradox means?

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

A seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition which when investigated may prove to be well founded or true.

Literary Devices, Techniques, & Poetic Terminology

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