Literary Terms

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Transferred epithet

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a device of emphasis in which a characteristic (as opposed to a name or label [metonymy] or a part[synecdoche]) of one thing is attributed to another closely associated to it

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Villanelle

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a medieval verse form in which the first and third lines of the opening tercet are repeatedly alternately throughout the poem as the final line in the ensuing tercets. The two lines appear together, as a couplet, at the conclusion of the poem.

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Anaphora

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is the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses e.g. "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing - grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills." Sir Winston Churchill (this is a syntax technique)

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Hyperbole

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is an exaggeration, sometimes an outrageous exaggeration, not meant to be taken literally, used to make a comparison, e.g. "He is as strong as a horse."

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Metonymy

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is a figure of speech in which the name of one thing is used in place of another associated with or suggested by it. e.g. "the White House" instead of "the President of the United States of America"