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O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been
Cool'd a long age in the deep-delved earth,
Tasting of Flora and the country green,
Dance, and Provençal song, and sunburnt mirth!
These lines are a good example of:
O, for a draught of vintage! that hath been Cool'd a long age in the deep-delved earth, Tasting of Flora and the country green, Dance, and Provençal song, and sunburnt mirth! These lines are a good example of:
- Synaesthesia (correct)
- Mixed metaphor
- Inversion
- Sarcasm
"If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has
ugly
thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can
hardly
bear to look at it." The writer of these sentences has used a device called:
"If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it." The writer of these sentences has used a device called:
- Analogy
- Anagram
- Liotes
- Amplification (correct)
"To hit the nail on the head and put it in a nutshell,..." A famous humourist uses this
uttterance to
make his readers laugh at:
"To hit the nail on the head and put it in a nutshell,..." A famous humourist uses this uttterance to make his readers laugh at:
- Clichés (correct)
- Phrases
- Ungrammatical English
- Idioms
"If Winter comes can Spring be far behind?" In this line, Winter and Spring are:
"If Winter comes can Spring be far behind?" In this line, Winter and Spring are:
"As one great furnace flamed, yet from those flames
No light, but rather darkness visible"
"Darkness visible” is an example of
"As one great furnace flamed, yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible" "Darkness visible” is an example of
Which literary device is used in the phrase "I'll love you, dear, I'll love you/ Till China and Africa meet, / And the river jumps over the mountain/ And the salmon sing in the street"?
Which literary device is used in the phrase "I'll love you, dear, I'll love you/ Till China and Africa meet, / And the river jumps over the mountain/ And the salmon sing in the street"?
Flashcards
Personification
Personification
Giving human traits to non-human entities.
Hyperbole
Hyperbole
Exaggeration for emphasis or effect.
Coda
Coda
A concluding passage or section in music or literature.
Internal Rhyme
Internal Rhyme
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Synaesthesia
Synaesthesia
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Amplification
Amplification
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Analogy
Analogy
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Cliché
Cliché
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Oxymoron
Oxymoron
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Symbol
Symbol
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Metaphor
Metaphor
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Simile
Simile
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Paradox
Paradox
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Clichés
Clichés
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Liotes
Liotes
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Idiom
Idiom
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Anacoluthon
Anacoluthon
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Inversion
Inversion
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Study Notes
Poetic Devices
- Personification: Giving human qualities to non-human things
- Hyperbole: Exaggeration for effect
- Coda: A concluding section of a piece of writing or music
- Internal Rhyme: Rhyme within a single line of verse
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech
- Sarcasm: Mockery
- Synaesthesia: Blending of sensory experiences
- Inversion: Reversal of normal sentence order
- Mixed Metaphor: Combining incompatible metaphors
- Amplification: Emphasizing a point through repetition
- Analogy: Comparison to clarify or explain
- Liotes: Understatement
Humorous Techniques
- Clichés: Overused expressions
- Idioms: Phrases with figurative meanings
- Phrases: Groups of words
- Ungrammatical English: Grammar errors for comedic emphasis
Imagery and Symbolism
- Symbols: Representing something else
- Metaphors: Comparisons without using "like" or "as"
- Similes: Comparisons using "like" or "as"
- Paradox: Seemingly contradictory statement
- Anacoluthon: Grammatical discontinuity
- Oxymoron: Contradictory terms
Additional Literary Analysis
- Theme of Time: The concept of time as it relates to nature and the passage of time
- Theme of Seasons: The imagery of winter and spring relating to different periods of life
- Theme of Mortality: The idea of life and death
- Theme of Change: The concept of change and transition
- Theme of Hope: The expression of optimism and perseverance
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