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