Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Poetry Devices and Their Definitions Lesson 1

Metonymy - a name or figure of speech that represents something else that is associated with it in some way/shape/form.

Transferred epithet - a metaphorical figure of speech in which an adjective or other modifier is applied to something other than what it literally refers to.

Anastrophe - a figure of speech in which words are rearranged into a strange or unusual order to emphasize something.

Anaphora - A word (usually the first word) of a sentence is repeated, but not necessary, for emphasis and literary structure.

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