Poetry (ENG 210)

Basic trope or figure of speech in which one thing is described in terms of its resemblence to another thing (ie. the verb "to fly", in "she flew into his arms")

A trope in which one thing is likened to another, ESPECIALLY with like or as

A figure in which one object represents another object (often an abstract quality) : for example, dove for peace, scales for justice, goat for lust, lion for strength, etc

A basic trope or figure of speech in which the name OR an attribute of an object is given to the object itself (eg. the pen is mightier than the sword, pen is metonym for writing and sword is metonym for war or fighting)

Exaggeration (I am starving, instead of I am hungry)

A rhetorical figure whereby a part stands for the whole (such as "all hands on deck" where the hand stands for the entire person aboard ship)

A narrative which--through allusion, metaphor, symbolism, etc-- can be read not simply on its own terms but as telling another quite different story at the same time

A rhetorical figure referring to the sense that there is a discrepancy between words and their meanings; understatement, overstatement, or opposite statement

A rhetorical figure referring to the sense that there is a discrepancy between appearance and reality; when the reader knows something the character does not

A rhetorical figure referring to the sense that there is a discrepancy between actions and their results

(greek letter X) rhetorical figure involving repetition and reversal-- "if you fail to plan, you plan to fail." more broadly, used to refer to forms of intercrossing or reversal whereby each of the two sides of a conceptual opposition (eg man/woman, text/world, etc) is shown to be reversible

Same "front" sound, e.g. "kiddies clobber" and "mountains of moonstone"

Rhyming vowel sounds, e.g. "eat sleep" and "ooze droop"

Repetition of the same word at the beginning of successive clauses or verses

The endowment of animals, objects, or ideas with human qualities