Glossary

Glossary:

• Metaphor- the transference of a quality from one thing to another.

• Simile- comparison between two things using like/ as

• Analogy- a relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations  

• Conceits- comparison and contrast between a metaphysical quality and a tangible object

• Alliteration- refers to the repetition of a particular sound in the first syllables of a series of words and/or phrases.

• Assonance- is the refrain of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences

• Consonance- repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession.

• Onomatopoeia- the formation of a word, as cuckoo  or boom,  by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
• Anaphora- repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences.
• Caesera- a break, especially a sense pause, usually near the middle of a verse.
• Oxymoron- a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect.