Stylistic devices
Lexical stylistic devices
Lexical stylistic devices
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| Flashcards | 12 |
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| Language | English |
| Category | Literature |
| Level | Primary School |
| Created / Updated | 28.02.2013 / 28.02.2013 |
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metaphor
/ˈmetəfə(r)/
A metaphor involves likeness between inanimate and animate objects, we deal with personification. ("the face of London", "the pain of the ocean"). It can be expressed by all notional parts of speech, & functions in the sentence as any of its members.
metonymy
/meˈtɒnəmi/
A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated. ("Will you have another cup?" (a cup of tea), "The White House asked the television networks for air time on Monday night.").
synecdoche
/sɪnˈekdəki/
A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole or the whole for a part. Synecdoche in the Lord's Prayer: "bread" represents all food
pun
/pʌn/
a humorous use of a word, a play on words that has two meanings, or of words with the same sound but different meanings.('The violinist spent the night in a vile inn', vile inn (=poor hotel) sounds like violin).
zeugma
/ˈzjuːɡmə/
the use of a word twice in the same sentence but with different meanings. ('She broke the record and her leg')
irony
/ˈaɪrəni/
A form of humour in which you use words to express the opposite of what the words really mean. ("She turned with the sweet smile of an alligator")
antonomasia
It'a a lexical SD in which a proper name is used instead of a common noun or vice versa, i.e. in which the nominal meaning or the logical one acquires the new - nominal- component. ("The next speaker was a tall gloomy man. Sir Smth Somebody").
epithet
/ˈepɪθet/
It expresses characteristics of an object, both existing and imaginary. Its basic feature is its emotiveness & subjectivity. ("true love", "merry Christmas", "blood-red sky").
hyperbole
/haɪˈpɜː(r)bəli/
It's a SD in which emphasis is achieved through deliberate exaggeration. ("I have told it to you a thousand times").
understatement
/ˈʌndə(r)ˌsteɪtmənt/
A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is. ("Her family is just one aunt").
oxymoron
/ˌɒksiˈmɔːrɒn/
It's a SD which contains words with opposite meaning ("a bitter sweet experience").
simile
/ˈsɪməli/
A figure of speech in which two fundamentally unlike things are explicitly compared, usually in a phrase introduced by like or as. ("She dealt with moral problems as a cleaver deals with meat.").
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