Stylistic devices
Lexical stylistic devices
Lexical stylistic devices
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Alina Sakharova
Alina Sakharova
This flashcard set introduces primary school students to various stylistic devices used in literature, focusing on their meanings and examples. It covers figures of speech like similes, metaphors, and oxymorons, as well as specific terms such as epithets, antonomasia, and zeugma. The flashcards help learners understand how these devices function in sentences and phrases, making them useful for young students who are beginning to explore the nuances of language and literature.
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Language
English
Category
Literature
Level
Primary School
Created / Updated
28.02.2013 / 28.02.2013
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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.").
