Poets‚ as any other authors‚ make use of literary techniques to capture readers in their work and the impact of these literary techniques has proven to be effective in enabling readers to grasp the poems. Literary devices in poems enable the poets to communicate themes and messages within a poem to an audience with a compelling and long-lasting impact. The poems which utilise these literary devices include‚ Sharing the Lift by Kavevangua Kahengua‚ For Don M - Banned and City Johannesburg‚ both written
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In the short story Big Black Good Man‚ Richard Wright uses several literary devices‚ although the most apparent devices are character‚ point of view and an underlying theme. The literary devices that Richard Wright employs allow the reader to sense that the characters point of view and choice of setting represent the contrast and character development throughout the story and in the end‚ represents the idea that external differences do not always match internal intentions. The authors choice
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ambiguity of manner. 8. Anachronism – Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time‚ esp. a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword in an anachronism in modern warfare. 9. Anaphora – A rhetorical device in which a word or phrase is repeated at the beginnings of successive phrases or sentences. Compare this to epistrophe‚ where such repetitions occur at the ends. (lesson 10. Analogy – A similarity between like features of two things‚ on which a
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Rhetorical Terms/Devices Figurative language is the generic term for any artful deviation from the ordinary mode of speaking or writing. It is what makes up a writer’s style – how he or she uses language. The general thinking is that we are more likely to be persuaded by rhetoric that is interesting‚ even artful‚ rather than mundane. When John F. Kennedy said‚ “Ask not what your country can do for you‚ ask what you can do for your country” (an example of anastrophe)‚ it was more interesting –
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Frederick Douglass Essay Frederick Douglass has finally managed to run away from one of his masters to become a free slave‚ but yet he feels fear and paranoia. As he runs away‚ he contemplates all the possibilities of him getting caught by slaveholders or even turned in by his own kind. And it upsets him having to pass all the houses and food‚ but he has no shelter and starves with no food. This in fact heightens the intensity of his fear and paranoia because he is more likely to be caught with
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Alliteration: repetition of the initial consonant sounds beginning several words in sequence. "Let us go forth to lead the land we love." President J. F. Kennedy‚ Inaugural 1961 "Veni‚ vidi‚ vici." Julius Caesar (I came‚ I saw‚ I conquered) Adage a proverb or wise saying made familiar by long use Allusion a passing reference or indirect mention He was the Adam to her Eve Anadiplosis: ("doubling back") the rhetorical repetition of one or several words; specifically‚ re
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Rhetorical Devices 1. Narration - Recounts a personal experience or tells a story based on a real or fictional circumstance. All details come together in an integrated way to create some central them or impression. 2. Point of view - The person or entity through whom the reader experiences the story. (Does not refer to the author’s/character’s feelings‚ opinions‚ perspectives‚ etc.) e.g. - Third-person‚ first-person 3. Exposition - The kind of writing that is intended primarily
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Peculiarities of translation of stylistic devices in the short stories by E.A.Poe 2.1. Main characteristics of translation of stylistic devices 2.1. Reproduction of simile in the short stories by E.A.Poe 2.2. Reproduction of metaphor in the short stories by E.A.Poe 2.3. Reproduction of epithets in the short stories by E.A.Poe 1.3.1. Simile . According to K. Ya. Lotots’ka simile is an imaginative comparison which is also called literary comparison.[27‚ p.102] I.R. Galperin
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Literary Device Glossary Allusion: An implied or indirect reference to a person‚ event‚ or thing that has to do with another part of a text. Can be direct quotes or it can be indirect things that are implied. Most are from commonly known pieces of literature or history. Example: “but now he found that he committed himself to the following of a grail” The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald. Function: In this example‚ Fitzgerald alludes to the Holy Grail. What this does is show how
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In my Shakespearean sonnet I chose to focus on a key asset if Frankenstein’s life. When writing I chose to have an unknown narrative explain the purpose of Frankenstein character and purpose of life. This poem reveals how Frankenstein’s invention of life has an effect on the world as a whole in several different perspectives. The speaker is addressing everyone as a whole. The speaker is informing everyone and creating a teaching moment simultaneously. The main focus for our speaker is answering
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