Literary Devices

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Alliteration

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A literary device where the same letter or sound is repeated at the beginning of closely connected words.

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Anaphora

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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

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Allusion

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An indirect or passing reference to an event, person, place, or artistic work.

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Antanaclasis

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A rhetorical device in which a word is repeated in two or more different senses.

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Antithesis

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A contrast or opposition between two things.

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Anadiplosis

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A form of repetition in which the last word of one clause or sentence is repeated as the first word of the following clause or sentence.

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Antimetabole

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A literary device that involves repeating a phrase in reverse order.

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Apostrophe

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A figure of speech in which the speaker addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing.

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Assonance

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The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.

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Asyndeton

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A writing style where conjunctions are omitted in a series of words, phrases, or clauses.