Dialogismus is a rhetorical device in which a speaker quotes or adopts the voice of another person, real or imagined, in order to convey their thoughts, reactions, or arguments. It often creates dramatic effect or emphasizes a point by showing interaction or imagined dialogue.
✅ Definition: The use of another person’s voice within a speech or text to illustrate a point or create dramatic effect.
✅ Example:
- “And then he says to me, ‘You’ll never finish that project on time!’ I just smiled and replied, ‘Watch me.’”
- “You might ask, ‘Why should I care?’ Well, here’s why it matters…”
It’s a way of bringing other perspectives or imagined reactions into your narrative without fully shifting speakers.
And there it is! Now go ahead and use dialogosmus in your CXC prep/ CSEC prep.
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