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Simile
Definition: Uses “like” or “as” to compare 2 unrelated things
Example: She swims like a fish
Purpose: To give an image in the readers head about 2 abstract concepts
Effect: Can establish a connection between the things its comparing
Metaphor
Definition: Makes a comparison between two unrelated things without using “like” or “as”
Example: The sea is a playful cat
Purpose: Adds creativity and clarity to writing and allows us to see things from different angles and in a new light
Effect: Can highlight a similar and creates vivid images enhancing the meaning
Irony
Definition: refers to a contradiction or disconnection between what is expected and what happens
Example: “Its pouring rain” and someone shouts “Great weather!”
Purpose: To engage the reader
Effect: can make the text for more engaging.
Imagery
Definition: use of vivid and descriptive language to create mental pictures, senation, ir experiences
Example: “The golden rays of the sun reflected upon the clear water of the lake.”
Purpose: give readers an image in their head and it visualizes it
Effect: appeals to reader senses
Personification
Definition: when an thing or animal is given human characteristics
Example: That old truck is calling me for help
Purpose: to allow non-human characters or objects to take on human-like traits and emotions for the reader to better understand the text
Effect: Readers emphasize with a non-human characters
Allusion
Definition: an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicity
Example: “an arrow of love”
Purpose: to create a sense a deeper understanding for the reader
Effect: a connection between what they are reading and similar objects, creating an image in their head
Hyperbole
Definition: refers to the deliberate exaggeration of a truth or point for emphasis
Example: this homework is going to take ages
Purpose: to exaggerate for emphasis or creative effect
Effects: Can capture readers attention and creates a mood
Meiosis
Definition: to understate something/someonen
Example: I am a very foolish fond old man
Purpose: to downplay or undermine a person
Effect: develop a deeper meaning
Antithesis
Definition: A lit device that places opposite words ideas or availities parallels to eachother
example: “No pain, no gain”
Purpose: "to create a balance between opposite qualities and lend a greater insight
Effect: engages the reader by contrasting opposing ideas
Ethos
Definition: To persuade reader by appealing to the readers values
Example: "Hey juros, find your ethics and make the right decision”
Purpose: To convey morals
Effects: Convinces the reader about a particular topic of isue
Logos
Definition: To make a logical connections between ideas or facts or statistics
Example: “100 people died this summer due to cancer.”
Purpose: to appeal to reason
Effect: To convince the readers that this is true due to these statistics
Pathos
Definition: Persuade audience by feeling to convince the reader
Example: If we dont move were all going to die! Our kids, everybody.
Purpose: to persuade by feelings
Effect: purposely evokes emotions to make them feel a certain way
Juxtaposition
Definition: is when 2 or more concepts or objects are placed side by side in texts (kinda opposite from eachother)
Example: all fairs in love and war
Purpose: strengthens stories by creating contrasts
Effect: helps reader connect with the story
Asyndeton
Definition: removed and or buts
Example: the child screamed, cried, gasped
Purpose: to add emphasis
Effect: make a speech more dramatic by speeding it up
Polysyndeton
Definition: use of &, buts, etc
Example: if there be cords or knives or poison or fire,
Purpose: to add emphasis
Effect: slow readers down so they can take in all the information.
Parallelism
definition: uses components in a sentence that are grammatically the same
example: Like father like daughter
Purpose: to add rythm in a sentence
effect: Enhances understanding by presenting it in a clear organized manner
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synecdoche
definition: refers to something by the parts
example: wheels (refers to vehicles)
purpose: to use parts to represent the whole thing, allows imagery
Effect: creates a deeper connection between the reader
Metonomy
Definition: When the name of something is replaced with the name of something else thats associated with it
Example: Crown (referred as power)
Purpose: replaces the name of something closly associated with it
Effect: enhancing meaning and evoking imagery
Alliteration
Definition: Repeating 2 or more sounds/letters
Example: The Kangaroo kicked the kid
Purpose: repeats sounds to create rythm
Effect: draws attention to phares, speeding it up
Onomatopoeia
Definition: Imitates sounds
Example: vroom vroom goes the car
Purpose: to make language more vividly expressed
Effect: helps readers hear sounds, visualizing it
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