cutting short of words through omission of a letter or syllable. Ev'ry for every. A writer's or speaker's choice of words Uses words with identical end sound Placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts

A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. a disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events It is defined as a rhyme in which the stressed syllables of the ending consonants match, but the vowels do not. An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected

Verbal irony Anaphora Pedantry Synaesthesia

Sonnet Denotation Synaesthesia Consonance

Tone Pedantry Blank Verse Syllepsis