Notes in Stylistic Devices

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Published	02/04/2024	Absteigende Schwerpunktsetzung, um einen Aspekt (meist den zuletzt genannten) besonders zu fokussieren.
Published	02/04/2024	When you keep using and, but, or in a sentence to make it super long. For e.g. I ran and ate food and sang and laughed and ate again and...
Published	02/04/2024	Comparing two things without using the words “like” or “as”.
Published	02/04/2024	Describes the movement or action of objects and people. For e.g. “the dog wagged his tail energetically and bounded towards the door, clawing it with …
Published	02/04/2024	Creating a fake relationship between the audience and author.
Published	02/04/2024	Repeating the first part of a sentence. “The beginning of wisdom is silence. The second step is listening.”
Published	02/04/2024	When you use question after question after question after question.
Published	02/04/2024	Dramatische Steigerung, um besonders wichtige Aspekte zu betonen.
Published	02/04/2024	Having two opposite ideas in a sentence. “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
Published	02/04/2024	Repeating the ending words of a sentence. “I am an American, he is an American, everybody is an American. ”
Published	02/04/2024	Describing sounds that are happening in a story.the dog howled at the moonshe could hear the clang of pots and pans amongst the quiet murmur of her ch…
Published	02/04/2024	Using components that are grammatically the same or have similar sounds or construction. Like father, like son.They got together and talked, laughed a…
Published	02/04/2024	Appeals to the sense of sight.The hues of the bright fish glinted in the sun like bright pearls
Published	02/04/2024	Comparing two things using the words “like” or “as”.
Published	02/04/2024	Describing a particular taste. For e.g. “he could smell the rich, sweetness of the chocolate cake”.
Published	02/04/2024	Appeals to the sense of touch. For e.g. “when she put her hands in the ice cold water, it felt like a thousand needles were pricking her fingers and p…
Published	02/04/2024	Suddenly breaking off in speech. For e.g. “And one fine morning--” You can identify it with em dash or ellipsis.
Published	02/04/2024	When an idea or animal is given human characteristics. “The sky weeps.”
Published	02/04/2024	When name of something is replaced with name of something else that’s associated with it. For e.g. “crown” refers to power or authority. Not to be con…
Published	02/04/2024	Changing the structure of the sentence so that it’s in an unusual grammatical order. For e.g. everything Yoda says. “Truly wonderful, the mind of a ch…
Published	02/04/2024	Aufzählung/Auflistungvon Wörtern/Phrasen, um eine Aussage durch Beispiele zu bestärken.
Published	02/04/2024	Auslassung eines oder mehrerer Wörter, ohne das ein Bedeutungsverlust eintritt.Durch die Abwesenheit des Wortes wird es umso mehr betont.Bad actions m…
Published	02/04/2024	a series of three parallel words, phrases, or clauses aka triadic structure
Published	02/04/2024	When a question is raised and then immediately answered by the author. Don’t confuse with rhetorical question. The difference is that in RQ, there’s n…
Published	02/04/2024	In poetry, when the sentence continues on to the next line.
Published	02/04/2024	Referring to something by one of its parts. For e.g. “wheels” to refer to a car, or “bread” to food or money.
Published	02/04/2024	A question which is meant to be unanswered.
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