Tag: device

Onomatopoeia: Words That Sound Like What They Mean

Onomatopoeia refers to words that imitate the natural sounds of things. Discover…

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Metaphors

Metaphors are figures of speech that directly compare two unlike things without…

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Historic Present

The historic present is a narrative device where past events are recounted…

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Figure of Speech

A figure of speech is a word or phrase used in a…

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Epistrophe: Understanding the Rhetorical Device

Epistrophe is a rhetorical device characterized by the repetition of a word…

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Epanadiplosis

Epanadiplosis is a rhetorical device where a sentence or clause begins and…

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Cataphora

Cataphora is a linguistic phenomenon where a pronoun or other referring expression…

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Assonance

Assonance is a literary device where the same vowel sound is repeated…

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Alliteration: A Creative Literary Device

Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in words…

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Acrostics: Crafting Meaningful Wordplay

Acrostics are poems or other compositions where certain letters in each line,…

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