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| Langue | Deutsch |
| Catégorie | Anglais |
| Niveau | Université |
| Crée / Actualisé | 02.07.2014 / 17.06.2022 |
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referring to the ongoing competition between video games manufacturers as console wars
- auxesis
(magnifying the importance/gravity of something by using a disproportionate term)
A small token of my esteem
- meiosis
- for a generous present
(minimization of the importance of an object, an action, a state)
That cake is not bad
- litotes
- = good
(use of a negated antonym to make an understatement or to strongly affirm the positive)
He's not the brightest
- litotes
- = dumb
(use of a negated antonym to make an understatement or to strongly affirm the positive)
He does not have what we consider to be an examplary attendance record
- litotes
- = only rarely attanding
(use of a negated antonym to make an understatement or to strongly affirm the positive)
boom
or
cock-a-doodle-doo
or
whisper
or
crackling
- onomatopoeia
(use of words to imitate natural sounds or the thing being described [Sound effects can be used to set the emotional or ethical tone of a passage.])
cruel kindness
- oxymoron
(juxtaposition of expressions which appear to be contradictory (condensed paradox) [used to produce a startling effect]
thunderous silence
- oxymoron
(juxtaposition of expressions which appear to be contradictory (condensed paradox) [used to produce a startling effect]
black gold
- oxymoron
(juxtaposition of expressions which appear to be contradictory (condensed paradox) [used to produce a startling effect]
old news
- oxymoron
(juxtaposition of expressions which appear to be contradictory (condensed paradox) [used to produce a startling effect]
living dead
- oxymoron
(juxtaposition of expressions which appear to be contradictory (condensed paradox) [used to produce a startling effect]
open secret
- oxymoron
(juxtaposition of expressions which appear to be contradictory (condensed paradox) [used to produce a startling effect]
Parting is such sweet sorrow
- oxymoron
- Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet
(juxtaposition of expressions which appear to be contradictory (condensed paradox) [used to produce a startling effect]
Art is a form of lying in order to tell the truth
- paradox
- Picasso
(statement which appears self-contradictory but contains a measure of truth; longer than an oxymoron; a kind of riddle)
Cowards die many times before their deaths
- paradox
- Shakespeare: Julius Caesar
(statement which appears self-contradictory but contains a measure of truth; longer than an oxymoron; a kind of riddle)
Lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears.
- pleonasm
- Bible: Matthew 13: 15
(Greek = more than enough)
the using of more words than are required to give the sense intended (but not a tautology)
for rhetorical effect (often used for poetic effect)
This was the most unkindest cut of all
- pleonasm
- Shakespeare: Julius Caesar
- Brutus was Caesar's close and trusted friend. To be stabbed by him was even more hurtful than by those who he was less intimate.
(Greek = more than enough)
the using of more words than are required to give the sense intended (but not a tautology)
for rhetorical effect (often used for poetic effect)
The two twins were exactly identical.
- tautology
(saying sth twice in different ways; a useless/ineffective repetition)
The resolution was unanimously passed by the whole meeting.
- tautology
- = unanimously includes everybody
(saying sth twice in different ways; a useless/ineffective repetition)
He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up.
- bathos
(a sudden lowering/deflation from a heightened tone to the ordinary & dull, used for ironic effect, esp. in criticism
from the sublime to the ridiculous, often unconsciously)
The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while.
- bathos
(a sudden lowering/deflation from a heightened tone to the ordinary & dull, used for ironic effect, esp. in criticism
from the sublime to the ridiculous, often unconsciously)
selfie
or
McJob
or
webinar
- neologism
(the coining of a completely new word (ie for a product) or giving an old word a new meaning (e.g. summit))
Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour.
- apostrophe
- Wordsworth's poem: London
- The poet feels that Milton should be alive for England needs him
(Where a direct address or appeal is made to an absent person as if he were present; often used in personification.)
Full fathom five thy father lies
- alliteration
- Shakespeare
- 4x "f..."
(repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in sequence for conspicuous effect)
sighted sub sank same
- alliteration
- 4x "s..."
(repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in sequence for conspicuous effect)
a pack of pickled peppers
- alliteration
- 3x "p..."
(repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in sequence for conspicuous effect)
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn
- assonance
- Wordsworth's poem
- "o"
(repetition of similar vowel sounds preceded & followed by different consonants)
It beats as it sweeps as it cleans
[ad coined by Hoover]
- assonance
- "...e..."
(repetition of similar vowel sounds preceded & followed by different consonants)
the pitter-patter of little feet
- consonance
- "...tt.."
(repetition of consonant sounds, vowels differ)
And the silken sad uncertain/rustling of each purple curtain
- consonance
- Poe
(repetition of consonant sounds, vowels differ)
We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence ...
- anaphora
- Churchill 1940
- 3x "We shall "
(repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences [a marked rhythm for a strong emotional effect] )
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up...
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia...
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi...
- anaphora
- Martin Luther King, 1963
- 3x "I have a dream that one day..."
(repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences [a marked rhythm for a strong emotional effect] )
We are born to sorrow, pass our time in sorrow, end our days in sorrow.
- epistrophe
- 3x "sorrow"
(repetition of the same word/phrase at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences [a pronounced rhythm-secures emphasis])
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child.
- epistrophe
- Bible: 1 Corinthians 13, attributed to Paul the apostel (St. Paul)
- 3x "as a child"
(repetition of the same word/phrase at the end of successive phrases, clauses, sentences [a pronounced rhythm-secures emphasis])
Blood hath brought blood, and blows have answered blows; Strength match’d with strength, and power confronted power.
- epanalepsis
- combi of anaphora & epistrophe
- Shakespeare: King John
(repetition of the same word or phrase with others in between [rare in prose; used to produce highly emotional language] )
Cassius from bondage will deliver Cassius
or
Year chases year; decay pursues decay
or
The king is dead, long live the king.
or
Nothing will come of nothing. (King Lear)
- epanalepsis
- combi of anaphora & epistrophe
(repetition of the same word or phrase with others in between [rare in prose; used to produce highly emotional language] )
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
- polyptoton
- Franklin D Roosevelt
- to fear & the fear
(a kind of repetition using words with the same root)
Give life to the living.
- polyptoton
- to give life & the living
(a kind of repetition using words with the same root)
Absolute power corrupts absolutely; or bends with the remover to remove
- polyptoton
- Shakespeare
- absolute (adj) & absolutely (adv), the remover (n) & to remove (v)
(a kind of repetition using words with the same root)
