Terms
brief reference to a historical or literary figure, event, or object to create a resonance in the reader or to apply a symbolic meaning.
What is allusion?
What are the appeals of Rhetorical Analysis?
What is Ethos, Pathos, and Logos?
The speaker is speaking to someone (usually dead)
apostrophe
repetition of the same sound at the beginning of two or more words.
What is alliteration?
Same word at the beginning of succesive clauses.
Anaphroa
Line that ends on punctuation
Comparison between two things. Typically used for explanation or clarification.
What is Analogy?
the action of repeating a word or phrase more than two times
what is repetition?
Very literal poetry
What is concrete poetry?
Mild or more pleasant word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh.
What is Euphemism?
repeating word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
what is epistrophe?
What is it called when a poem has a beat?
What is meter?
person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.
What is antithesis?
Meaning of poem suddenly changes
What is a turn?