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Allegory |
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. Example: The book I just read was an allegory for racism. |
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Allusion |
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference. Example: We called him Albert Einstein because he was, you know? |
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Analogy |
A comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it. Example: A spider's web is like a graphic organizer. The middle is the main idea which branches out like the fibers to the supporting details. |
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Anaphora |
The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect is also known as anaphora. Example: Music is my life. Music is my soul. Music is my air to breathe. |
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Anecdote |
A short and interesting story or an amusing event Example: The excerpt from "Death in the Artic" by Robert W. Service What is that? Bells, dogs again! Is it a dream? I sob and cry. See! The door opens, fur-clad men Rush to my rescue; frail am I; Feeble and dying, dazed and glad. There is the pistol where it dropped. “Boys, it was hard — but I’m not mad. . . . Look at the clock — it stopped, it stopped. Carry me out. The heavens smile. See! There’s an arch of gold above. Now, let me rest a little while — Looking to God and Love . . .and Love . . .”. |
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Antithesis |
Literal meaning opposite; is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. Example: Where there is darkness, there is light. |
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Apostrophe |
A figure of speech sometimes represented by exclamation “O”. Example: Oh! I do not know of thee who goeth down thy wrong path. |
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Asyndeton |
A stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases and in the sentence, yet maintain the grammatical accuracy. Example: Work faster, work harder, work smarter. |
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Chiasmus |
A rhetorical device in which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect. Example: Never let a fool love you or love fool you. |
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Colloquialism |
The use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing. Example: Go bananas-go wild or go insane |
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Connotation |
A meaning that is implied by a word apart from the thing which it describes explicitly. Example: A dove connotates peace and gentility. |
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Denotation |
Literal or dictionary meanings of a word in contrast to its connotative or associated meanings. Example: An example can be found in the poetic work of Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall”: “And on a day we meet to walk the lineAnd set the wall between us once again.We keep the wall between us as we go.To each the boulders that have fallen to each.” |
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Epistrophe |
A stylistic device that can be defined as the repetition of phrases or words at the end of the clauses or sentences. Example: The cat was gone. The dog was gone. Everyone was gone. |
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Ethos |
Represents credibility or an ethical appeal which involves persuasion by the character involved. Example: Dentists all over the world recommend this treatment. |
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Juxtaposition |
A literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts. Example: In Romeo and Juliet: “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!It seems she hangs upon the cheek of nightLike a rich jewel in an Ethiope’s ear;”. |
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Litotes |
A figure of speech which employs an understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions. Example: not aware, very good, not too bad |
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Logos |
A literary device that can be defined as a statement, sentence or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic. Example: All dogs are mortal. Archie is a dog. So therefore Archie is mortal. |
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Metonymy |
A figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated. Example: Do you need a hand? (hand means help) |
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Oxymoron |
A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect. Example: open secret, liquid gas, original copies |
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Paradox |
A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly but may include a latent truth. Example: Your enemy's friend is your enemy. |
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Parallelism |
The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter. Example: Like father, like son. Easy come, easy go. |
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Pathos |
A quality of an experience in life or a work of art that stirs up emotions of pity, sympathy and sorrow. Example: “Made in China” logo on various products sold in China tries to enhance their sales by evoking patriotism among the customers. |
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Polysyndeton |
A stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect. Example:“And Joshua, and all of Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had.” (The Bible) |
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Syllogism |
A rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general and from this it draws conclusion about something more specific. Example: (John Donne's Poem "Elegy The Anagram") “All love is wonder; if we justly doAccount her wonderful, why not lovely too?” |
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Synecdoche |
A literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part. Example: Coins refer to money. Gray beard refers to an old man. |
