Litterary Devices Definition
Assonance-the repetition of a vowel sound.
Caesura-a complete stop in a line of poetry.
Consonance-a consonant sound is repeated in words that are in close proximity.
Elegy-a mournful poem.
Enjambment-refer to lines that end without punctuation and without completing a sentence or clause.
Epigram-a rhetorical device that is a memorable, brief, interesting and surprising satirical statement.
Lyric-a fairly short poem which is the expression of strong feelings of thoughts or perceptions of a single speaker.
Metonymy-a figure of speech in which something is called by a new name that is related in meaning to the original thing or concept.
Motif- a narrative element with symbolic meaning that repeats throughout a work of literature.
Refrain-a verse, a line, a set, or a group of some lines that appears at the end of stanza.
Synecdoche-a figure of speech in which a word or phrase that refers to a part of something is substituted to stand in for the whole.