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Alliteration |
+ Creates a musical effect + Interesting and appealing + Easier to remember + Provides flow and beauty |
A number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series. The seahorse sought safety and solace. |
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Metaphor |
+ Appeals directly to the senses + Sharpens imaginations + Gives a life-like quality poetry + Offers fresh ways of viewing things |
Uses an image or idea to represent something else The circus was a magnet for the children |
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Personification |
+ Gives a deeper meaning + Adds vividness to expressions + Brings inanimate things to life + Easier to relate to something that is human + Encourages us to develop a new perspective |
A figure of speech in which a thing – an idea, object, place or animal – is given human attributes |
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Hyperbole |
+ Creates an amusing effect + Emphasises meaning + Makes common human feelings remarkable + Develops contrasts + Catch the reader’s attention |
Involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis It is simply out of this world |
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Irony |
+ Develop readers’ interest + Creates intrigue + Forces the readers to use their imaginations + Brings a work of literature to the life |
Where the intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. |
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Juxtaposition |
+ Surprises readers + Evokes interest + Develops a comparison between two dissimilar things + Adds vividness to a given image + Controls the pacing of the poem or a narrative + Provides a logical connection between two vague concepts |
Two or more ideas are placed side by side for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts |
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Oxymoron |
+ Dramatic effect + Appealing + Provokes our thoughts + Shows wit |
A phrase combining two or more contradictory terms There was a deafening silence |
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Repetition |
+ Lay emphasis and create rhythm + Becomes more noticeable + Makes ideas memorable + Draws the attention of readers toward a certain idea |
Repeats the same thing to make an idea clearer and more memorable |
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Sarcasm |
+ Can be utilised as a mask, scathe or defensive mechanism + Used when bitterness is hard to express in a pleasant way + Used to say something without hurting somebody directly + Makes the stories seem real to the readers |
Meant to mock, often with satirical or ironic remarks, with a purpose in order to simultaneously amuse and hurt someone |
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Simile |
+ Attracts attention, + Appeals directly to the senses + Encourages imaginations + Relates feelings to a personal experiences + Easier for readers to understand the subject matter + Offers variety in our ways of thinking |
A direct comparison between one thing and another using 'as' or 'like' The trees stood as tall as towers |
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Onomatopoeia |
+ Helps readers to hear the sounds of the words they reflect + Has an effect on the readers’ senses + Helps create emphasis |
Words that sound like the noises they represent The autumn leaves and twigs cracked and crunched underfoot |
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Assonance |
+ Enhances musical effect by using it for creating internal rhyme + Enhances the pleasure of reading + Helps to develop a particular mood |
Repetition of a vowel sound in a series of words
He sneezed and wheezed, could hardly breathe. |
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Antithesis |
+ Conveys ideas in different ways from the common words and expressions of daily life + Conveys meaning more vividly than ordinary speech + The idea is expressed more emphatically + Examines pros and cons of a subject under discussion + Helps to bring forth judgment on that particular subject |
Putting two opposite ideas together to highlight contrasts
"That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." |
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Parenthesis |
+ Makes statements more convincing + Puts the readers in a right form from the very beginning. + Gives more explanation + Adds emphasis + Offers readers an insight into true feelings and opinions of characters and narrators |
A phrase that adds extra detail
Kiran, who was nearly sixteen, loved his English lessons. |
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Rhetorical Question |
+ Increases power of an idea + Creates interest + Enhances persuasion in speeches |
A question which implies its own answer
Who doesn’t want to be successful? |
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Personal Pronouns |
+ Makes the audience feel as though they are being spoken to on a personal level |
‘I’, ‘you’ and ‘we’ |
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Allegory |
+ Adds different layers of meaning + Makes stories and characters multidimensional + Allows writers to put forward their moral and political points of view |
Abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures, and events |
