H.Hussien
09-01-2010, 09:24 PM
litereture , we have lots of terms we should be familiar
with , here are some of them
1- Anaphora:
it means: The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs.
example:
I have seen it over and over, the same sea, the same, slightly, indifferently swinging above the stones, icily free above the stones, above the stones and then the world."
2- chiasmus:
A type of rhetoric in which the second part is syntactically balanced against the first.
example:
There's a bridge to cross the great divide. . . .
There's a cross to bridge the great divide. . . .
3- Hyperbole:
Hyperbole is exaggeration or overstatement
example:
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
4- Irony:
Irony is an implied discrepancy between what is said and what is meant.
Three kinds of irony:
1. verbal irony is when an author says one thing and means something else.
2. dramatic irony is when an audience perceives something that a character in the literature does not know.
3. irony of situation is a discrepency between the expected result and actual results
5- ****phor:
comparison of two unlike things using the verb "to be" and not using like or as as
example:
He is a pig. Thou art sunshine
6- Onomatopoeia
is a word that imitates the sound it represents
example:
splash, wow, gush, kerplunk
7-Oxymoron:
is putting two contradictory words together
example:
Living dead
8- Paradox:
reveals a kind of truth which at first seems contradictory. Two opposing ideas
example:
Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage
9-Understatement:
This device is used to understate the obvious
example:
On a day of extreme weather, like it is really really hot, one might say, "Is it warm enough for you?"
with , here are some of them
1- Anaphora:
it means: The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs.
example:
I have seen it over and over, the same sea, the same, slightly, indifferently swinging above the stones, icily free above the stones, above the stones and then the world."
2- chiasmus:
A type of rhetoric in which the second part is syntactically balanced against the first.
example:
There's a bridge to cross the great divide. . . .
There's a cross to bridge the great divide. . . .
3- Hyperbole:
Hyperbole is exaggeration or overstatement
example:
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
4- Irony:
Irony is an implied discrepancy between what is said and what is meant.
Three kinds of irony:
1. verbal irony is when an author says one thing and means something else.
2. dramatic irony is when an audience perceives something that a character in the literature does not know.
3. irony of situation is a discrepency between the expected result and actual results
5- ****phor:
comparison of two unlike things using the verb "to be" and not using like or as as
example:
He is a pig. Thou art sunshine
6- Onomatopoeia
is a word that imitates the sound it represents
example:
splash, wow, gush, kerplunk
7-Oxymoron:
is putting two contradictory words together
example:
Living dead
8- Paradox:
reveals a kind of truth which at first seems contradictory. Two opposing ideas
example:
Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage
9-Understatement:
This device is used to understate the obvious
example:
On a day of extreme weather, like it is really really hot, one might say, "Is it warm enough for you?"