Category: narrative essay
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What is Antithesis?
📌 Antithesis Definition:Antithesis is a literary device that places two opposite ideas in parallel structure to emphasize contrast. 🔹 It often appears in the same sentence or phrase for dramatic effect. Example: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”— Charles Dickens 📌 Oxymoron Definition:An oxymoron combines two contradictory words placed…
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What is an Apostrophe? (Literary Device)
📌 Apostrophe (Literary Device) Definition:Apostrophe is a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses someone absent, dead, or nonhuman—or even an abstract idea—as if it were present and capable of understanding. ✅ Example: “O Death, where is thy sting?”— from the Bible (1 Corinthians 15:55) In this case, the speaker is addressing Death…
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What is Tone?
Tone is the author’s or narrator’s attitude toward the subject, characters, or audience in a literary work. It is conveyed through word choice, sentence structure, and stylistic elements. ✅ Example of Tone: “I can’t believe she did that,” he muttered, his voice dripping with sarcasm. Other possible tones include: So there you go! Now go…
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What is Juxtaposition?
Juxtaposition is a literary device where two or more contrasting ideas, characters, settings, or images are placed side by side or near each other to highlight their differences or create an effect. 🔍 Definition: Juxtaposition is the placement of two opposing or contrasting elements close together in a text to emphasize their differences or to…
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What is Imagery?
Imagery is a literary device that uses vivid and descriptive language to appeal to the senses — sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch — to help the reader form a mental picture or experience the scene more deeply. Example of imagery: The sun dipped below the horizon, painting the sky with strokes of orange and…
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What is a Paradox?
Paradox – Definition A paradox is a statement that seems self-contradictory or illogical at first, but when you think deeper, it reveals a truth or makes sense in a surprising way. Example: “This is the beginning of the end.”At first, it sounds confusing — how can the beginning be the end?But it makes sense when…
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What is a Litote?
A litote is a figure of speech that uses understatement to emphasize a point by negating it’s opposite. It often involves double negatives and is used to subtly express something in an indirect way. An example – She’s not unkind. – She is kind. This is said in a roundabout way. This is a litote.…
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What is Anaphora?
Anaphora is a literary device in which a word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. It’s used to create emphasis, rhythm, and emotional impact. Definition: Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of consecutive lines, sentences, or clauses. Example: From Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a…
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What is an Allegory?
An allegory is a story poem or artwork in which characters, events or settings symbolically represent abstract ideas, moral qualities, political systems or spiritual concepts. The surface story is often a metaphor for a deeper often hidden meaning. An example is the story Animal Farm which reads on the surface as a recounting of some…
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What is an Oxymoron?
An oxymoron is a literary device where two contradictory words are placed next to each other for a thought provoking effect. The word bittersweet combines bitter (sadness) and sweet (happiness) to show how an experience can be joyful and painful at the same time, like entering s new stage if life. So there you have…
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