1 / 5

POETIC DEVICES

POETIC DEVICES. ANAPHORA. Definition: A rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses . By building toward a climax , anaphora can create a strong emotional effect. . ALLITERATION.

loyal
Download Presentation

POETIC DEVICES

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. POETIC DEVICES

  2. ANAPHORA Definition: A rhetorical term for the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. By building toward a climax, anaphora can create a strong emotional effect.

  3. ALLITERATION • The repetition of an initial consonant sound, as in "a peck of pickled peppers." Adjective: alliterative. • As J.R.R. Tolkien observed, alliteration "depends not on letters but on sounds." Thus the phrase know-nothing is alliterative, but climate change is not.*

  4. ENJAMBMENT • ɪnˈdʒæmmənt,French ɑ̃ʒɑ̃bmɑ̃) — nprosodytherunningoverof a sentencefromonelineofverseintothe next • [C19:fromFrench,literally:a straddling, from enjamber to straddle

  5. COLLOQUIAL • characteristicof or appropriatetoordinary or familiar conversation rather thanformalspeech or writing;informal. involvingorusing REGULAR conversation.

More Related