Onomatopoeia refers to words that imitate the natural sounds of things. Discover how these evocative words enhance language, from animal…
The historic present is a narrative device where past events are recounted as if they are happening now, creating immediacy…
A figure of speech is a word or phrase used in a non-literal sense for rhetorical or vivid effect. It…
Epistrophe is a rhetorical device characterized by the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses…
Epanadiplosis is a rhetorical device where a sentence or clause begins and ends with the same word or phrase. It…
Assonance is a literary device where the same vowel sound is repeated within words that are close to each other.…
Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in words close together. It's a powerful tool used in…
Acrostics are poems or other compositions where certain letters in each line, when read vertically, form a word or phrase.…