Epigram-a saying that is more specific in occasion and more personal in wisdom or application: "Still waters run deep," "The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it."
Maxim-a saying that offers moral advice: "Neither a borrower nor a lender be."
Antithesis-direct opposite: "To err is human, to forgive, divine."
Rule Of Three-balance in writing: faith, hope, charity; body, soul, and spirit; I came, I saw, I conquered. She had a Bible, a set of good boots and a faithful mule.
Parallelism-likeness, similarity, in grammatical form: "He was advised to rise early, to work hard, and to eat heartily."
Rhyme-using words that sound alike.
Consonance-any speech sound that is not a vowel. Poe: "The sweet Lenore has gone before." "Martha DePue, we're glad to have you."
Assonance-a substitute for rhyme in which the vowels are alike but the consonants are different: "brace-vain, lone-show, man-hat, penitent-reticent."
Euphony-pleasing sounds to the ear. Sounds to favor utterance: "On the road to Mandalay, where the flying fishes play, and the sun comes up like thunder outter china crost the bay." "She was down right smart, had a honey of a heart."
Cacophony-discord, harsh, clashing sounds. "A cacophony of shots, shouts and screams came through only as a savage sort of overture."
I hope these are helping you in your writing. Until next week! Karen Sperra
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