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Literary devices

Literary devices. By Joanne Ochoa. Periphrasis . Definition: The use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing Function: A form of circumlocution, periphrasis is commonly considered a stylistic device Examples

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Literary devices

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  1. Literary devices By Joanne Ochoa

  2. Periphrasis • Definition: • The use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing • Function: • A form of circumlocution, periphrasis is commonly considered a stylistic device • Examples • When I am with you, my toes tingle and my knees are weak. The world is a better place altogether and I find myself giving my fortune to beggars, and I am a beggar before you, craving a smile, a whim.

  3. assonance • Definition: • The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds in neighboring words • Function: • is to help the text “flow,” mainly from an auditory perspective • Examples: • fleet feet sweep by sleeping geeks • “And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride.” -Edgar Allan Poe, "Annabel Lee"

  4. diacope • Definition: • A rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase broken up by one or more intervening words. • Function: • To show strong emotion • Examples: • Fire, hot fire, burned across the town. It will be done. By hook or by crook, it will be done. 'Why?' he asked, 'Why?' And well he might

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