Literary Devices and Rhetorical Strategies.....

What is Irony?

Juliet has taken a sleeping potion to fake her death, but Romeo believes she is really dead and kills himself.

the repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases

"Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling, through an endless diamond sky," is an example of what?

A comparison using like or as.

What does Allusion mean?

"The murmur trembled on the verge of coherence, sank down, mounted excitedly, and then ceased altogether." (from Gatsby)

Silly student thought he would be sly and sneak out the window.

What do you think antithesis means? (Hint- what does "anti" usually imply?)

"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds..."

"Please, please, please take me for a walk!"

This is an example of _________________. "Her eyes were fireflies."

"The sun glared down at me from the sky." is an example of....

"I can show you the world-shining, shimmering, splendid," is an example of what?