English Ch.11-14

A statement that one thing is something else, which, in a literal sense, it is not

A metaphor that uses neither connectives nor the verb to be

The (usually unintentional) combining of two or more incompatible metaphors, resulting in ridiculousness or nonsense

The endowing of a thing, an animal, or an abstract term with human characteristics.

A direct address to someone or something

Also called hyperbole. exaggeration also used to prove a point

An ironic figure of speech that deliberately describes something in a way that is less than the case

The repetition of a consonant sound in a line of verse or prose

The repetition of two or more vowel sounds in successive words, which creates a kind of rime

A harsh, discordant sound often mirroring the meaning of the context in which its used

The harmonious effect when the sounds of the words connect with the meaning in a way pleasing to the ear and mind

An attempt to represent a thing or action by a word that imitates the sound associated with it

Two or more words that contain an identical or similar vowel sound, usually accented, with following consonant sounds identical as well

(Slant rime) A kind of rime in which the linked words share similar consonant sounds but have different vowel sounds. Ex. reason,raisin

Rime that occurs within a line of poetry, as opposed to end rime

Ether a rime of one-syllable words or- in poly-syllable words- a rime on the stressed final syllables

A rime of two or more syllables with stress on a syllable other than the last

A traditional narrative of anonymous authorship that arises out of a culture's oral tradition

A recurring symbol, character, landscape, or event found in myth and literature across different cultures and eras