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KR Lit Terms
Literary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| reptition of the same letter at the beginning of words or syllables | alliteration |
| the repetition of a word or phrase for emphasis | anaphora |
| inversion of usual word order (e.g. prepostion after the word it governs) | anastrophe |
| breaking off in the middle of a sentence | aposiopesis |
| addressing aperson who is not there | apostrophe |
| omission of conjunction | asyndeton |
| "ABBA" arrangement of words | chiasmus |
| omission of words | ellipsis |
| use of two nouns together to express a noun modified by an adjective | hendiadys |
| exaggeration | hyperole |
| placing first what the reader might expect to come | hysteron proteron |
| use of a negative to express a strong positive | litotes |
| expression of meaning through an image | metaphor |
| sustitution of one word for another that it suggests | metonymy |
| use of words that sound like their meaning | onomatopoeia |
| use of an apparent contradiction | oxymoron |
| attribution of human characteristics to something not human | personification |