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Title: Literary and Rhetoric Devices explained
Description: A list of 40+ college level literary and rhetoric devices explained with examples.
Description: A list of 40+ college level literary and rhetoric devices explained with examples.
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● Diction: style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words
● Syntax:the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language
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● Tone:any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc
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● Images: a word or phrase in a literary text that appeals directly to the reader's taste, touch,
hearing, sight, or smell
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It is also the pattern of images that run through a work
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● Similes and
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Similes use the words
“like” or “as” to compare things
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● Personification: the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate
objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure
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● Hyperbole: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
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● Paradox or
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Oxymoron: a figure of
speech that combines two normally contradictory terms
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● Onomatopoeia: the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
○ Example → Robert frost “Out Out” Anti industrialism, demonizes machines by
personifying them as monstrous creations
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● Connotations: an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary
meaning
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● Speaker: The speaker is the voice behind the poem
● Speaker's attitude: It can be determined by the connotations of the words they use
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complex sentences: Simple sentences are made up of one clause, a subject and
a predicate
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● How are dependent clauses related to main clauses? A main clause is a complete thought
while dependent clauses are not
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● Parallel structure: The action of repeating something that has already been said or written
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cumulative sentences: A periodic sentence is a stylistic device employed at
the sentence level, described as one that is not complete grammatically or semantically
before the final clause or phrase
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● Balanced vs
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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
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● Attitude: A settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one
that is reflected in a person's behavior
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● Mood: A temporary state of mind or feeling
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● Irony: the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the
opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect
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Concrete → Depicts whats right infront of your face, making own inferences
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Title: Literary and Rhetoric Devices explained
Description: A list of 40+ college level literary and rhetoric devices explained with examples.
Description: A list of 40+ college level literary and rhetoric devices explained with examples.