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Adjunction is a figure of speech in which a word, phrase or clause is placed at the beginning or the end of a sentence. Examples: Fades physical beauty with disease or age. Either with disease or ...

Domain: Literature; Category: Literary techniques

The initial consonant sound is usually repeated in two neighbouring words (sometimes also in words that are not next to each other). Alliteration draws attention to the phrase and is often used for ...

Domain: Literature; Category: Literary techniques

An allusion is an indirect reference to a person, event or piece of literature. Allusion is used to explain or clarify a complex problem. Note that allusion works best if you keep it short and refer ...

Domain: Literature; Category: Literary techniques

Anaphora is the succession of clauses or sentences starting with the same word(s). The same word or phrase is used to begin successive clauses or sentences. Thus, the reader's / listener's attention ...

Domain: Literature; Category: Literary techniques

Antanaclasis is a rhetorical device in which a word is repeated and whose meaning changes in the second instance. Antanaclasis is a common type of pun. Examples: 1. Put out the light, then put out ...

Domain: Literature; Category: Literary techniques

Anticlimax refers to a figure of speech in which statements gradually descend in order of importance. Unlike climax, anticlimax is the arrangement of a series of words, phrases, or clauses in order ...

Domain: Literature; Category: Literary techniques

Antiphrasis is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used to mean the opposite of its normal meaning to create ironic humorous effect. From the Greek : anti "opposite" and phrasis, ...

Domain: Literature; Category: Literary techniques

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