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The author / speaker raises a question, but doesn't answer it directly as he/she sees the answer (usually Yes or No) as obvious. Rhetorical questions are used to provoke, emphasise or ...

Domain: Literature; Category: Literary techniques

Repetition consists of words or phrases that are repeated throughout the text to emphasise certain facts or ideas. Example: Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end! »I wonder how many ...

Domain: Literature; Category: Literary techniques

Personification is the attribution of human characteristics to animals, inanimate objects or abstractions. Animals, inanimate objects or abstractions are represented as having human characteristics ...

Domain: Literature; Category: Literary techniques

Parallelism occurs when successive clauses or sentences are similarly structured. This similarity makes it easier for the reader / listener to concentrate on the message. Example: The mediocre ...

Domain: Literature; Category: Literary techniques

Onomatopoeia is a word imitating a sound. The pronunciation of the word imitates a sound. Onomatopoeia is used because it's often difficult to describe sounds. Furthermore, a story becomes more ...

Domain: Literature; Category: Literary techniques

Points of view refers to first or third person narration. In the case of first-person narrator, the narrator tells the story from his / her point of view. It is a limited point of view as the reader ...

Domain: Literature; Category: Literary techniques

Metaphor is a figurative expression. Metaphor compares two different things in a figurative sense. Unlike in a simile (A is like B.), "like" is not used in metaphor (A is B.). Example: Truths are ...

Domain: Literature; Category: Literary techniques

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