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Stylistic Elements
Question | Answer |
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It is a figure of speech that takes the place of the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated | metonymy |
It is a figure of speech that takes the place of the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated | synecdoche |
brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance | allusion |
the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect | anaphora |
literary term or device that involves repeating a phrase in reverse order | antimetabole |
a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect | antithesis |
Speech or writing that urges or commands an audience to follow (or not follow) a particular course of action | hortatory |
close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds | assonance |
repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase | consonance |