Figure of speech From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia "Figures of speech" redirects here. For the hip hop group‚ see Figures of Speech. A figure of speech is the use of a word or words diverging from its usual meaning. It can also be a special repetition‚ arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning‚ or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it‚ as in idiom‚ metaphor‚ simile‚ hyperbole‚ or personification. Figures of speech often provide
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A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples NOTE: FIGURE OF SPEECH : A mode of expression in which words are used out of their literal meaning or out of their ordinary use in order to add beauty or emotional intensity or to transfer the poet’s sense impressions by comparing or identifying one thing with another that has a meaning familiar to the reader. Some important figures of speech are: simile‚ metaphor‚ personification‚ hyperbole and symbol. Alliteration: repetition of the same sound beginning
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Antony’s speech. line-to-line analysis: / / - / - - / - - / Friends‚ Romans‚ countrymen‚ lend me your ears; From a rhythmic perspective‚ the trochaic feel of this opening immediately commands attention. The succession of hard stresses is also Shakespeare’s way of using the verse to help Antony cut through the din of the crowd. Antony also echoes the opening line that Brutus uses ("Romans‚ countrymen‚ and lovers!")‚ but conspicuously rearranges it; where Brutus begins
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GENERAL NOTIONS 1. Kinds of Literature Literature can be subdivided into various kinds according to various criteria. It can exist in oral (folklore) or written form; literary speech can be prosaic or poetic. Literature can be divided into fiction and non-fiction. Non-fiction is a prose writing that presents and explains ideas or tells about real people‚ places‚ events. The main forms/genres of non-fiction are character sketch‚ journal‚ letters‚ memoirs‚ biography‚ essay etc. Fiction is
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V. В. SOSNOVSKAYA ANALYTICAL READING 4И(Англ) С66 FOREWORD Пособие рецензировалось на кафедре английского языка Пятигорского педагогического института иностранных языков и профессором Ленинградского государственного педагогического института И. В. Арнольд. С 66 Сосновская В. Б. Аналитическое чтение. Учеб. пособие для ин-тов и фак. иностр. яз. М.‚ «Высш. школа»‚ 1974. 184 с. с рис. На тит. л. загл.: V. В. Sosnovskaya. Analytical Reading. Пособие состоит из 2-х частей:
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Rhetorical Devices Style is part of classical rhetoric and a number of rhetorical devices are worth considering in any analysis of style. For the analysis of literature a knowledge of rhetorical devices is indispensable‚ since there is often a considerable density of rhetorical figures and tropes which are important generators and qualifiers of meaning and effect. This is particularly the case in poetry. Especially the analysis of the use of imagery is important for any kind of literary text. (For
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WILD FLOWERS by Erskine Caldwell [“Wild Flowers” is undoubtedly one of E. Caldwell’s masterpieces. The story being multiordinal the depth of its content opens up to him who can see not only through its rather simple surface plot but through the metaphoric and symbolic layers as well.] I derive more satisfaction from the writing of stories such as this one than I do from any other. The mockingbird that had perched on the roof top all
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VOCABULARY FOR STYLE ANALYSIS 1. The problem of the text: to set an important (serious‚ burning‚ urgent‚ vital) problem‚ to solve the problem of‚ it seems to be a great problem (of ...)‚ to render the idea of social injustice‚ inequality‚ pollution‚ humanity‚ charity‚ the state independence‚ unemployment‚ discrimination‚ to tackle the problem of 1. The point of the story: to make the point plain‚ to show how vital the point of the text is‚ to expound the point by repeating the
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THE ESSENTIALS OF STYLISCTICS The expressive means (EM) of a language are those phonetic‚ morphological‚ word-building‚ lexical‚ phraseological and syntactical forms which exist in language-as-a-system for the purpose of logical and/or emotional intensification of the utterance. Phonetic EM: pitch‚ melody‚ stress‚ pausation‚ drawling‚ whispering‚ a sing-song manner of speech (onomatopoeia‚ alliteration‚ rhyme‚ rhythm). Morphological EM: the Historical Present (the Present Indefinite instead
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Mark antonys speech analysis (dramatic convention- (dramatic irony‚ tragic irony‚ harangue) William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar is famous for its speeches. One of which is the speech I am going to analyze. It is the one told by Mark Antony after Caesar’s death. This play was written by Shakespeare to warn the people of what could happen if the monarch is killed. Mark Antony’s is one of the most important‚ If not the most important‚ parts of the play. It is the turning point of the play‚ because
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