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List Of Stylistic Devices Alliteration A repetition of the initial consonant sound. For example: for the greater good of; safety and security; share a continent but not a* country Allusion An indirect reference to a person, event or piece of literature. The reference could be to: famous people, history, mythology, literature or religious texts. For example: “The software included a Trojan Horse.” (allusion on the Trojan horse from Greek mythology) Hyperbole A deliberate exaggeration of something. For example: I was so hungry, I could eat an elephant; I have told you a thousand times. Metaphor A figurative expression. Two things are compared in a figurative sense. For example: “Life is like chess, and the people are the pieces.” Personification Giving a human characteristic or emotion to animals or objects. For example: Why these two countries would remain at each other's throat for so long; The flowers nodded their heads as if to greet us; The frogs began their concert. Repetition Words or phrases that are repeated numerous times. For example: They fall down, down, down; You don‘t have a chance, you really don‘t have a chance Simile Two different things are compared, usually by using „like“ (A is like B) For example: “My friend is as good as gold” Symbols Things symbolizing a certain feeling. For example: White dove → Freedom; Rain → sadness; Skull → death; Rose → love Flashback An event that happened earlier that is being referenced in the text. “The meeting we had four years ago” Rhetorical question A question that is asked but not expected to be answered, and rather provoke the reader to think about the subject. For example: “Is this really all there is in life?” Understatement A statement is intentionally weakened to sound ironical or more polite. For example: “slightly different opinions” “I know a little about running a company myself” “It seems we have a little problem here” Satire A literature work using sarcasm, jokes and irony to make something look laughable, usually critiquing a system. For example: “The US military spending 700 billion dollars a year to kill people is the best thing to happen this century.” Pun A wordplay using similar sounding words to make a joke. For example: “I hope I won’t be punished for this awful pun”

Foreshadowing Hinting at an event that will happen in the future. For example: “At this rate, we might go bankrupt soon!” Euphemism A choice of words deliberately used to downplay the effect of something negative or offensive, or seem more polite. For example: “Sadly he passed away” Instead of “he got fucking murdered” Anaphora Repetition of a word or a phrase at the start of a sentence. For example: “we shall fight for freedom, we shall fight for honour, we shall fight for chicken tendies!” Flashback Reminding the reader of an event that happened in the past. For example: “That meeting we had 2 years ago” Antithesis Highlighting the exact opposite/contrasting ideas of a previous phrase, using parallel words. For example: “It’s not that I don’t love bread less, but that I love cheese more.” Climax A group of sentences starting with weak points, building up tension up to a climax. For example: It is an outrage not to like pancakes; not to like muffins is an atrocity; disliking waffles is the highest of all crimes. Irony Irony is when something happens that is the opposite of what was expected. For example: “The cat was killed by a mouse, what an ironic death.” Sarcasm Sarcasm is an ironic remark meant to mock by saying something different than what the speaker really means. For example: No, I definitely would not like a fresh, hot waffle with whipped cream and cherries and also a cute little sprinkle of chocolate scrapings on top, at all, I would never want that. Epitome An epitome is a summary, or miniature form of a literary work. For example: “ The Harry Potter series is about wizards” Ellipsis In an ellipsis, the writer omits some parts of a sentence, in order to give the reader the freedom to fill that part in, usually three dots are used at the end of a sentence. For example: “She was never seen again…” Paradox A paradox is a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one's expectation. For example: “This statement is false” Soliloquy A soliloquy is a monologue addressed to oneself, thoughts spoken out loud without addressing another. Soliloquies are usually used in drama to show a characters thoughts. For example: “I am Mrs. Smith, and I like cheesecake. I just think they’re neat.”...