Literary Devices

repitition of the same words/phrases at the beginning of successive clauses

ommission of conjunctions where they are expected

ABBA word/phrase/clause order

repitition of the same word in close succession

ommission of words necessary for grammer

two nouns connected by a conjunction to express a single idea

distant seperation of connected words

denying the opposite, double negative

a comparison without using "like" or "as"

using one word to express another word it is closely connected to

more words than necessary to say something

attributing human traits to non-humans

repitition of the same word/words with the same root but different endings

more conjunctions than usual or necessary

mentioning a topic by saying you won't mention it

representation of an absent/dead person or inanimate being as speaking or acting

question posed by the speaker but expects no answer

a comparison using "like" or "as"

ABAB word/phrase/clause order

ommision of a vowel/part of a word

a series of three things

a climactic series of three things

imagery where the words of a phrase are arranged in a way that suggests the visual image being described

reversal of normal word oder to emphasize the earlier words

delaying the final word or phrase to the beginning of the next line to create suspense or emphasis (POETRY ONLY)

enclosing a line within two closely connected words (noun-adj) (POETRY ONLY)

an adj modifing one noun when it logicaly modifies another

an i that should be a consonantal i is treated as a vowel for scansion

a long and involved simile comparing mortal affairs to the natural world

telling history by looking ahead into the future from the past

1 word modifying 2 others when it has different meanings with each word