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What is the meaning of the term 'alliteration'?
What is the meaning of the term 'alliteration'?
Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound (usually consonants) at the beginning of words or stressed syllables, creating a pleasing and memorable effect.
What is the meaning of the term 'assonance' ?
What is the meaning of the term 'assonance' ?
Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words that are not rhyming words, creating an echoing effect.
What is an example of a sentence that uses alliteration?
What is an example of a sentence that uses alliteration?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Is the repetition 'the the the' an example of alliteration?
Is the repetition 'the the the' an example of alliteration?
What is the meaning of the term 'anaphora'?
What is the meaning of the term 'anaphora'?
What is the meaning of the term 'antithesis'?
What is the meaning of the term 'antithesis'?
What is an example of a sentence that uses antithesis?
What is an example of a sentence that uses antithesis?
What is the meaning of the term 'chiasmus'?
What is the meaning of the term 'chiasmus'?
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Figure of Style
Figure of Style
A figure of style is a technique used to create a specific effect in language, like a sound or a sense.
Allegory
Allegory
A personification of an abstract idea. For example, speaking to Death as a person.
Alliteration
Alliteration
The repetition of one or more consonants in a group of words.
Anaphora
Anaphora
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Antithesis
Antithesis
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Assonance
Assonance
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Chiasmus
Chiasmus
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Study Notes
Figures of Style
- Figures of style (or rhetoric) are a process that acts on language to create a sound or sense effect.
- Key figures of style that you may encounter in texts are presented below in alphabetical order.
Allegory
- Giving human qualities to an abstract idea
- Example: "O Death, old captain, it's time!"
Alliteration
- Repetition of one or more consonants in words within a group of words
- Alliteration and assonance should be noted and commented on
Anaphora
- Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of sentences or lines
- Example: using "There is" at the beginning of each sentence
Antithesis
- Two terms with opposite meanings in the same sentence
- Example: "was white"
Assonance
- Repetition of vowels in words within a group of words
- Alliterations and assonance should be noted and commented on
Chiasmus
- A cross-structure that associates two terms in pairs without necessarily having a sense relation
- Example: "Walls, cursed by God, cursed by Satan"
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