10 devices

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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.