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    This document provides an overview of various stylistic devices including definitions and examples. It contains a table matching stylistic devices to their definitions and effects. It also includes an exercise identifying which stylistic devices are used in sample sentences. The key stylistic devices discussed are enumeration, alliteration, antonym, synonym, anaphora, personification, metaphor, simile, analogy, antithesis, euphemism, symbol, rhetorical question, and imagery.

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    English, Sek II date:

    Bka Stylistic devices – an overview

    Exercise 1: Match the definitions and effects to the stylistic devices.

    stylistic device definition effect


    alliteration repetition of initial consonant emphasis
    letters
    analogy showing similarities between an explanation becomes
    two things more understandable
    anaphora repetition of identical words draws the attention to certain
    ideas
    antithesis shows two opposite things produces an effective
    contrast
    antonym a word which means the emphasis
    opposite of another word
    ellipsis leaving out words from a avoid repetition, more
    sentence emphasis
    enumeration listing of words or phrases clearer overview of ideas

    euphemism a pleasant word for an softening the impact,


    unpleasant situation/term/... manipulate, ridicule
    hyperbole/exaggeration representing sth. larger, create a serious or comic
    better, worse, ... effect, strong overstatement
    imagery use of vivid or descriptive produces a picture → better
    language memory
    metaphor comparison of two things more powerful description
    which are unlike one another
    parallelism repetition of same sentence elements are of similar
    pattern importance
    personification an object, idea or animal is emphasise the power of sth.
    given human attributes
    repetition words or phrases which catch sb.'s attention
    occur more than once
    rhetorical question a question which strongly push sb. to a particular
    suggests a certain answer conclusion
    simile comparison of two things; specification
    with “as” or “like”
    symbol sth. concrete which carries represents ideas, creates an
    an abstract meaning image (“shorthand”)
    synonym word with the same meaning emphasis, avoiding
    like another repetition

    used (abridged and altered) source: Claussen, Stephanie, u.v.a.. “Camden Town – Oberstufe – Qualifikationsphase”. Westermann (2019).
    exercise 2: State which stylistic device is used in the following examples.

    • “a land that has been tunnelled and burrowed and shifted and finally left to settle”
    __________________________________________________ (enumeration)
    • “a darker, dearer green”
    __________________________________________________ (alliteration)
    • “north – south”
    __________________________________________________ (antonym)
    • “He was heavily drunk and intoxicated.”
    __________________________________________________ (synonym)
    • “It is our city. It is our decision. It is our future.”
    __________________________________________________ (anaphora)
    • “The sea devoured the ship.”
    __________________________________________________ (personification)
    • “Holidays are heaven.”
    __________________________________________________ (metaphor)
    • “She is strong like a lioness.”
    __________________________________________________ (simile)
    • “Petal is to flower as leaf is to tree.”
    __________________________________________________ (analogy)
    • “It used to be hot, it becomes cold. It used to be strong, it becomes weak.” (Malcolm
    X)
    __________________________________________________ (antithesis)
    • “He passed away.”
    __________________________________________________ (euphemism)
    • “He waved a white flag.”
    __________________________________________________ (symbol)
    • “Is the pope Catholic?”
    __________________________________________________ (rhetorical question)
    • “My head is pounding like a drum.”
    __________________________________________________ (imagery)

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