Literary Devices

Litotes: Understatement for Effect

Litotes is a figure of speech employing understatement, often for ironic or emphatic effect. It involves affirming something by negating…

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Inductive Antonomasia: From General to Specific Identification

Inductive antonomasia uses a general characteristic or role to identify a specific person or thing. It's like calling someone 'The…

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Epizeuxis: The Power of Repetition

Epizeuxis is a rhetorical device that emphasizes a word or phrase by repeating it immediately. Discover its impact on communication,…

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Epanadiplosis

Epanadiplosis is a rhetorical device where a sentence or clause begins and ends with the same word or phrase. It…

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Asyndeton

Asyndeton is a rhetorical device that omits conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. It creates a rapid, forceful, or poetic…

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Anadiplosis

Anadiplosis is a rhetorical device where the last word of one clause is the first word of the next. It…

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