Literary Terms

a narrative that serves as an extended metaphor

a figure of speech which uses a part of an object as a name for the whole

an extravagant exaggeration

a figure of speech where contradictory trems appear side by side

a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses

the occurence of the same letter or sound at the beginnning of adjacent or closely connected words

a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases

the repetition of a word or phrase at the begginning of successive clauses

intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive

using decorous language as a substitute for vulgarities

the depiction of a connection between two different senses

another character in a story who contrasts with the main characte to highlight one of their attributes

words meant to depict a sound

figures of speech that use an understated statement of an affirmative by using a negative description

the misuse of words for comic effect by substituting similar words

the giving of human characteristics to inanimate objects