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Literary Devices
A guide to literary devices by Anna Mather Here is a simple guide to some of the most important and popular literary devices that are used in both classic literature as well as contemporary. This will be useful to both people writing their own literature or analysing the literature of o... More> Understanding arranged marriages as a literary device for Shakespeare by Genenda Milloy Think that Romeo and Juliet is the only Shakespearean play in which a young couple faces difficulties due to a disapproving father? Think again. The bard uses this theme repeatedly throughout his plays in order to perpetuate his plots and bring addi... More>
	Using personification as a literary device by Mel Mcintyre Personification is a figure of speech in which human characteristics are transferred to something that isn’t a human being. This can be achieved simply by saying the wind whispered, or the dog smiled at me. In both cases the actions performed ... More> The use of Dissonance in writing by Mel Mcintyre Dissonance is a literary device used in poetry and prose to counteract any assonance and give the text variety. It is, in fact, a deliberate attempt to avoid assonance, which is the repetition of vowel sounds. Assonance occurs when vowels are repeat... More>
Using assonance as a literary device by Mel Mcintyre Assonance is a way of rhyming words, but rhyming within the words as opposed to the word endings. It's a method of repeating vowel sounds to create an internal rhyming scheme, as in the phrase "the good boy stood" where the "oo" sound is repeated. Y... More> Using an oxymoron as a literary device by Mel Mcintyre What is an oxymoron? Is it just a stupid cow? Far from it. An oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed, such as cold fire or controlled chaos. Like most figures of speech, oxymorons come in a range of shapes... More>
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