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LITERARY DEVICES - Coggle Diagram
LITERARY DEVICES
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Metaphor
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a statement in which two objects, often unrelated, are compared to each other.
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Paradox
a contradictory statement, or illogical situation
often express ironies, oppositing ideas,...
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Climax
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the final action starts to which the solution is given, reaching the conclusion of the plot
Understatement
The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.
E.g. “Deserts are sometimes hot, dry, and sandy.” – Describing deserts of the world.
Antithesis
involve a contradiction of ideas, words, clauses, or sentences within a balanced grammatical structure
E.g: "Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing." - Goethe.
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Transferred epithet
a modifier (usually an adjective) qualifies a noun other than the person or thing it is actually describing
Euphemism
Help to avoid actual terms which are impolite, rude, indecent.
E.g. Can use to talk about someone's death, sexual euphemism, etc.
"No longer with us" instead of "died".
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Personification
give human's traits including action, personalities, feelings, etc. to non-human things (plants, winds, etc.)
Metonymy
Call something by the name of another thing closely associated with that thing or concept.
E.g. Crown (For the power of a king); The White House (Referring to the American administration); Dish (To refer an entire plate of food)
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