Literary Devices

2. ordinary form of written language, not poetry
4. praise for a dead person, usually on a headstone
8. countering of anticipated arguments
10. tone, voice/mood of writing
11. address to something inanimate
13. an assertion of something as fact
15. containing instructive purpose or a lesson
16. appeal to text to credibility and character of writer
17. contrast between what is stated and what is meant
18. a type of sentence that gives instructions, advice, or commands
21. central or dominant idea or focus of a work
24. ordinary language, vernacular
28. prolonged comparison of two unlikely things
29. attitude literary work takes toward its subject/theme
30. sequential repetition of similar initial sound
32. narrative with multiple levels of meaning
33. a literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference
34. kinder way to give unpleasant information
36. that which has been accepted as authentic
37. speech or prose in praise of a deceased person
40. sentence structure
41. describing nature/life without idealization
45. a grammatically correct construction in which a word, usually a verb or adjective, is applied to two or more nouns without being repeated. Often used to comic effect
46. word that sounds like what it describes
48. seemingly contradictory statement
49. overstatement using exaggerated language

1. figure of speech that emphasizes its subject by conscious understatement
3. repetition of a phrase at the end of sentences
5. when a part is used to signify a whole
6. location of one thing adjacent to another
7. an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronology of the narration
9. style where conjunctions are omitted
10. a short verbal accounting of a funny, amusing, interesting event or incident
12. element in literature that stimulates pity or sorrow
14. accepted manner, model, or tradition
19. a long sentence in which the main clause is not completed until the end
20. question asked for stylistic effect, answer not expected
22. repetition of two or more consonants
23. the art of using words to persuade
25. repetition of identical/similar vowel sounds
26. specific word choice to persuade or convey tone
27. type or class of literature
31. poetic lament upon death of a particular person
33. repetition of words at start of successive clauses
35. verbal irony in which "praise" is actually critical
38. distinctive manner of expression
39. explains its own meaning or purpose
42. literary work that that ridicules human feelings
43. source of the words of the story
44. direct comparison, usually using like or as
47. sermon, talk, lecture on moral or spiritual life