Style Elements: Ch. 2 Definitions

Reference to a person, place, or event

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Antimetabole

• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Antimetabole

• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Repetition of words in reverse order

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Antimetabole

• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Opposition or contrast, of ideas or words in parallel construction

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Antimetabole

• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence

• Alliteration

• Archaic diction

• Asyndeton

• Inversion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Old-fashioned or outdated choice of words

• Alliteration

• Archaic diction

• Asyndeton

• Inversion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Omission or conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words

• Alliteration

• Archaic diction

• Asyndeton

• Inversion

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Inverted order of words in a sentence

• Alliteration

• Archaic diction

• Asyndeton

• Inversion

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences

• juxtaposition

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• paradox

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Figure of speech that compares two things without using like or as

• juxtaposition

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D