Rhetorical device

Used to directly communicate with the audience without the disguise of dialogue/actions

Harsh discordant mixture of sounds

an extremely unlikely event that solves a problem seemingly impossible

a repeated pattern that happens constantly in a particular story

When the speaker addresses a dead/absent person or abstract/inanimate object

when the thing is replaced with a familiar word

omits conjunctions between related words or clauses

repeating a word or phase at the beginning of successive clauses

repetition of a prominent and usually last word in one phrase is used at the beginning of the next clause

Any phrase that uses negative words/phrases to express positive assertion or understatement

A 2 part sentence/phrase where the second part is a mirror of the first

a technique where 2 contrasting things are placed side by side to extenuate the differences

The inversion of the usual order (one word)

replacing a word/term with a part of it

An inversion of the normal order of words (multiple)

anyone lived in a pretty how town (with up so floating many bells down) spring summer autumn winter he sang his didn’t he danced his did

In a novel, the narrator suddenly interrupts the story to directly address the reader, saying "Dear reader, I must confess that I am not entirely pleased with how this scene turned out."

Grunted, gruff, give

In a play, when the protagonist is about to lose everything, suddenly a god appears out of nowhere and saves the day.

"green light" in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." The green light represents Gatsby's hopes and dreams for the future, particularly his desire to be with Daisy Buchanan. It appears throughout the novel, serving as a symbol of Gatsby's longing and the unattainable nature of his aspirations.

Julius Caesar "O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!" Here, Antony is addressing the dead body of Caesar as if it were alive and could hear him.

Referring to the American technology industry as “Silicon Valley”

The sun was hot, the air was dry, the ground was parched.

#“I wish I may; I wish I might.”

"Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."

Instead of saying "I am very happy," one might say "I am not unhappy."

"Believe not all that you see, but see all that you believe." -

In "Romeo and Juliet," Shakespeare uses the literary device of placing the characters' love story against the backdrop of their families' feud.

"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing."

An object that is the complete opposite of something else

Speech is silver, but silence is gold

Forestview beat Ashbrook in basketball last night