Metalanguage

What is alliteration?

• It is a stylistic device defined as a syntactic deviation (unexpected word order), and interruption within a sentence from one structure to another

• A sentence that is deliberately left unfinished

• The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables

• The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it

What is anadiplosis?

• Where future events in a story, or perhaps the outcome, are suggested by the author before they happen

• A description which exaggerates

• A direct relationship where one thing or idea substitutes for another

• Repetition of a prominent and usually the last word in one phrase or clause at the beginning of the next

What is anaphora?

• A contradiction in term

• Repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect

• Where a situation is created which cannot possibly exist, because different elements of it cancel each other out.

• Where an abstract concept, such as a particular human behavior or a force of nature, is represented as a person.

What is cacophony?

• Harshness in the sound of words or phrases

• Non-rhyming poetry, usually written in iambic pentameter

• Where characters speak to one another; may often be used to substitute for exposition

• Where an author interrupts a story in order to explain something, usually to provide important background information

Repetition of a word or expression at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences, or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect is an example of

• Epistrophe

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Adverbs

A transposition or inversion of idiomatic word order is known as (think the way Yoda talks)

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Hyperbaton

• Repetition

Hyperbole can be defined as

• Tongue twisters

• Repetition of a word/phrase

• Unexpected outcomes

• Extravagant exaggeration

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable can be defined as a

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Hyperbaton

An oxymoron is

• Repetition

• A combination of contradictory or incongruous words

• A harsh sound

• A funny sentence

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by "like" or "as" is an example of a

• Verb

• Exaggeration

• Metaphor

• Simile