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Alliteration
• Definition- A literary device where words are used in quick succession and begin with letters belonging to the same sound group.• Example: Furious Flamm is faster than the fox
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ALLITERATION• Alliteration is a literary device where words are used in
quick succession and begin with letters belonging to the same sound group
• The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way.
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Anagram Anagrams are an
extremely popular form of literary device wherein the writer jumbles up parts of the word to create a new word.
Example:Making “astronomer” into “moon starer” .
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Anagram
• Definition : From the syllables of a phrase to the individual letters of a word, any fraction can be jumbled to create a new form.
• Mother-in-law - Woman Hitler
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Analogy Definition: An analogy is a literary
device that helps to establish a relationship based on similarities between two concepts or ideas
Example: What ground is to a penguin, sky is to an eagle.
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ANALOGY• An analogy is a literary device that helps to
establish a relationship based on similarities between two concepts or ideas.
• If guns don’t kill people, other people do, then toasters don’t toast toast, toast toasts toast.
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Analogy
• Definition : A literary device that helps to establish a relationship based on similarities between two concepts or ideas.
• In the same way as one cannot have the rainbow without the rain, one cannot achieve success and riches without hard work.
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ARCHETYPE Definition: An archetype is a reference to a
concept, a person or an object that has served as a prototype of its kind and is the original idea that has come to be used over and over again
Example: Romeo and Juliet are an archetype of eternal love and a star-crossed love story.
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Archetype Definition: A person or an object that
has served as a prototype of its kind and is the original idea that has come to be used over and over again
Example: He is the archetype of a successful businessman
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Assonance:Definition: The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables
Example: Hear the mellow wedding bells ring.
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Assonance Assonance refers to
repetition of sounds produced by vowels within a sentence or phrase.
Example:“True, I do like Sue.”
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CIRCUMLOCUTION Definition: Circumlocution is a form of writing
where the writer uses exaggeratedly long and complex sentences in order to convey a meaning that could have otherwise been conveyed through a shorter, much simpler sentence.
Example: Instead of writing “Anne arrived for brunch at 12 pm” the author writes, “12 pm was when Anne reached the brunch party”.
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Circumlocution Circumlocution is a form of writing where the writer uses
exaggeratedly long and complex sentences in order to convey a meaning that could have otherwise been conveyed through a shorter, much simpler sentence
My Example An electronical cupboard with a series of drawers to put your food in to make it cold (refrigerator)
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CONNOTATION• The suggestions and associations which surround a word as
opposed to its bare, literal meaning.• A snake always stabs you in the back.
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DENOTATION• Denotation refers to expressing a meaning or the
significance of a part of a story in a straightforward, clear-cut manner.
• A snake is a reptile with no legs that slithers on the floor.
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Epithet An epithet is a literary device that is used as a
descriptive device
My Example The King Of Pop
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D: Comparatively milder or less abrasive form of a negative description instead of its original, unsympathetic form.
EX: My grandmother passed away.
Euphemism
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EUPHEMISM Definition: The purpose of euphemisms is to
substitute unpleasant and severe words with more genteel ones in order to mask the harshness.
Example: Using “to put out to pasture” when one implies retiring a person because they are too old to be effective.
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imagery
O the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively .
O "At the next table a woman stuck her nose in a novel; a college kid pecked at a laptop.
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Imagery One of the strongest devices is imagery
wherein the author uses words and phrases to create “mental images” for the reader
Example:The gushing brook stole its way down the lush green mountains, dotted with tiny flowers in a riot of colors and trees coming alive with gaily chirping birds
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Metaphor
• Definition: Is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to a person, idea, or object to which it is not literally applicable.• Example: Broken heart - Your heart is not literally broken into pieces;
you just feel hurt and sad.
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Definition- Comparing two things without using the words like or as
Own Example- Comparing two things without using the words like or as
METAPHOR
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METAPHOR Definition: A figure of speech in which a word
or phrase is applied to a person, idea, or object to which it is not literally applicable.
Example: Take my tears, which are love’s wine.
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Onomatopoeia:
Definition: The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
Example: buzz, bang, crackle, splash, boom, etc.
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Onomatopoeia
• Def: Words whose very sound is very close to the sound they are meant to depict. In other words, it refers to sound words whose pronunciation to the actual sound/noise they represent.
• Ex: Grunt, huff, buzz and snap are words whose.
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Personification
• Definition: It refers to the practice of attaching human traits and characteristics with inanimate objects, phenomena and animals. • Example: The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
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Personification Definition: One of the most commonly
used and recognized literary devices Example: The sun kissed the flowers
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Rhyme Scheme The rhyme scheme is the practice of rhyming words
placed at the end of the lines in the prose/ poetry.
My ExampleRoses are red, violets are blue.( A ) You look like a monkey (B) and you smell like one, too ( A )
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Rhyme Scheme• The practice of rhyming words placed at
the end of the lines in the prose/ poetry.• Let me not in the marriage of true minds -
aadmit impediments love is not love – bwhen it alters when it alteration finds - aor bends with the remover to remove - b
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Similea figure of speech in which two things,
essentially different but thought to be alike in one or more respects, are compared using “like,” “as,” “as if,” or “such” for the purpose of explanation, allusion, or ornament.
March comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion.
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Stanza
• Definition: Refers to a single, related chunk of lines in poetry. It basically refers to one unit or group of lines, which forms one particular faction in poetry
• Example:
-candy is sweetcandy is neatcandy is wonderfula great tasty treat!
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Stanza Definition: a single, related chunk of
lines in poetry Example:
Little Lamb who made thee Dost thou know who made thee Gave thee life & bid thee feed. By the stream & o'er the mead
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SYNTAXThe arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed
sentences in a languageEx : The young man carries the lady. vs. The lady carries the
young man
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Syntax:
Definition: The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language
Example: To your house we are going. & We are going to your house.