10+devices

Vance Jensen 12/8/08   5th period 10 devices
 * 1) Alliteration- Is the reoccurrence of consonant sounds.
 * 2) Allusion- An informal reference to a famous person or event.
 * 3) Climax- Consists of arranging words, clauses in the order of importance.
 * 4) Epithet- An adjective or an adjective phrase appropriately qualifying a subject.
 * 5) Hyperbole- The counter part of an understatement.
 * 6) Litotes- A particular form of an understatement.
 * 7) Metaphor- Compares two different things by speaking one in terms of the other.
 * 8) Parenthesis- A final form of hyperbaton.
 * 9) Simile- A comparison between two different things that resemble each other in at least one way.
 * 10) Understatement- Deliberately expresses an idea as less important than it actually is.