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Literary Terms 17-24
metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, personification, pleonasm, polyptoton, polysyndeton
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| metaphor | an implied comparison, using one word for another that it suggests, usually with a visual effect |
| metonymy | a type of imagery in which one word, generally a noun, is employed to suggest another with which it is closely related |
| onomatopoeia | use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning or the general meaning of their immediate context |
| oxymoron | the juxtaposition of two opposing ideas, usually to underscore an incongruity |
| personification | a type of imagery by which human traits are attributed to plants, animals, inanimate objects, or abstract ideas |
| pleonasm | use of more words than is necessary semantically; rhetorical repetition that is grammatically superfluous |
| polyptoton | repeating a word, but in a different form; using a cognate of a given word in close proximity |
| polysyndeton | use of a greater number of conjunctions than usual or necessary, often to emphasize the elements in a series |
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