stylistic device
technique used to give an auxiliary meaning, idea, or feeling to a literal message, including assonance, consonance and alliteration
visual rhyme
false rhyme where verse endings coincide in appearance or writing, but not in pronunciation
kettle logic
using multiple inconsistent arguments to defend a point
Parenthesis (rhetoric)
grammatically optional part inserted into a passage
apocope
loss of word-final sounds
alliteration
stylistic literary device identified by the repeated sound of the first letter in a series of multiple words, or the repetition of the same letter sounds in stressed syllables of a phrase
brachylogy
concise style of writing, or rhetoric figure obtained by omission of words
comic relief
Inclusion of a humorous character, scene, or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work
parenthesis
explanatory or qualifying word, clause, or sentence inserted into a passage
offscreen
quality of fictional events which are not seen, but merely heard by the audience or described or implied
modes of persuasion
strategies of rhetoric
synaesthesia
rhetorical device
Lesbian rule
flexible mason's rule made of lead that could be bent to the curves of a molding, and used to measure or reproduce irregular curves
prosopopoeia
rhetorical device in which a speaker or writer communicates to the audience by speaking as another person or object
literary consonance
stylistic literary device identified by the repetition of identical or similar consonants in neighbouring words whose vowel sounds are different
palindrome
word, phrase, number, or other sequence of units that may be read the same way in either direction
metaphor
figure of speech in which one thing is asserted to be another when it is in fact not so, based on properties of the latter that apply to the former, pointing to similarity
hyperbaton
figure of speech
pleonasm
redundancy in linguistic expression
pleonasm
redundancy in linguistic expression
catachresis
rhetorical misuse of a term to something it does not traditionally denote
pars pro toto
Latin for a part (taken) for the whole
kenning
figure of speech
metalepsis
figure of speech
metaplasm
change of spelling or pronunciation while the meaning is unchanged
Homeric simile
lengthy or detailed comparison in the form of a simile
chiastic structure
literary technique
code word
word or phrase designed to convey a predetermined meaning to an audience who know the phrase, while remaining inconspicuous to the uninitiated
personification in the Bible
literary device found in many ancient texts
literary topos
standardized method of treating a theme in literature