litertary devices

Cards (12)

  • lexical choice is word choice
  • a hyperpole is a exagerration
  • a imperitive verb is a verb that is a request
  • colloquialism is informal speech
  • anaphora is sentences with same word at start
  • an oxymoron is two oppisite words next to each other
  • a simile is comparing two words with "like" or "as"
  • personification is non living things given living features
  • a metaphor is a figure of speech that goes beyond meaning of word
  • alliteration is serries of words that begin with same sound
  • semantic field is a group of words that link to a topic
  • a hyperphora is a rheortical question that is answered