Glossary Of Literary Devices And Forms Of Wordplay Used In Hip-Hop by Rap Genius Lyrics

A

- Allegory
- Alliteration
- Allusion
- Amplification
- Anadiplosis
- Anagram
- Analogy
- Anaphora
- Anastrophe
- Anecdote
- Anthropomorphism
- Antimetabole
- Antithesis
- Aphorism
- Archetype
- Assonance
- Asyndeton
- Authorial Intrusion
B

- Backronym
- Bibliomancy
- Bildungsroman

C

- Cacophony
- Caesura
- Characterization
- Chiasmus
- Circumlocution
- Concatenation
- Conflict
- Connotation
- Consonance

D

- Denotation
- Deus ex Machina
- Diction
- Doppelganger
- Dysphemism
E

- Ekphrasis
- Enunciation
- Epilogue
- Epiphora
- Epistrophe
- Epithet
- Euphemism
- Euphony

F

- Faulty Parallelism
- Flashback
- Foil
- Foreshadowing

H

- Holorime
- Homograph
- Homophone
- Hubris
- Hyperbaton
- Hyperbole
I

- Imagery
- Internal Rhyme
- Inversion
- Irony
- Isocolon

J

- Juxtaposition

K

-Kenning

L

- Litote

M

- Malapropism
- Metaphor
- Metonymy
- Mondegreen
- Mood
- Motif
- Multiple Rhyme

N

-Negative Capability
-Nemesis

O

- Onomatopoeia
- Oronym
- Oxymoron

P

- Palindrome
- Pangram
- Paradox
- Pathetic Fallacy
- Periodic Structure
- Periphrasis
- Personification
- Pleonasm
- Plot
- Point of View
- Polysyndeton
- Portmanteau
- Prologue
- Puns

Q
- Quadruple Entendre

R

- Rhyme Scheme
- Rhythm and Rhyme

S

- Satire
- Setting
- Simile
- Slang
- Spoonerism
- Stanza
- Stream of Consciousness
- Suspense
- Symbol
- Synecdoche
- Synesthesia
- Syntax

T

- Triple Entendre
- Theme
- Tone
- Tragedy
- Tmesis

U

- Understatement

V

- Verisimilitude
- Verse

W

X

Y

Z

- Zeugma