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What is a Cataphora?
📌 Cataphora Definition:Cataphora is a literary device in which a word or phrase refers forward to another word or phrase that appears later in the text. It’s the opposite of anaphora, which refers back to something already mentioned. ✅ Example: Another example: And there you have it! Now go ahead and use cataphora in your…
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What is Apotheosis?
📌 Apotheosis Definition:Apotheosis is a literary device in which a character or figure is elevated to divine status or glorified to the point of perfection. It can be literal (in myths) or metaphorical (in literature or speeches). ✅ Example: It emphasizes veneration, idealization, or heroic perfection. And there you have it! Now go ahead and…
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What is Antiphrasis?
📌 Antiphrasis Definition:Antiphrasis is a rhetorical device in which a word or phrase is used in a sense opposite to its usual meaning, often for irony or humorous effect. ✅ Example: And there you have it! Now go ahead and use antiphrasis in your CXC prep/CSEC prep. New tips added daily! Subscribe!
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What is Allegoresis?
Allegoresis is the act of interpreting a text as an allegory, even if it wasn’t necessarily written to be one. In other words, it’s when a reader (or critic) finds hidden, symbolic, or moral meanings beneath the literal surface of a work. It’s different from an allegory itself (a story deliberately written to symbolize something…
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What is Adynaton?
Adynaton is a literary device in which the writer or speaker uses exaggeration so extreme that it becomes impossible. It’s a form of hyperbole, but pushed to an unrealistic or absurd level to emphasize a point. Example: 👉 The impossibility is the key — it stresses the unlikelihood of the event happening. And there you…
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Word of the Day
Word of the Day: Serendipity (noun)Definition: The occurrence of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.Sentence: Finding an old friend in a city you just moved to felt like pure serendipity. And there it is! Now go ahead and use serendipity in you CXC prep/ CSEC prep. New tips added daily! Subscribe!
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What is a Syllepsis?
📌 Syllepsis Definition:Syllepsis is a figure of speech in which a single word—usually a verb or an adjective—is applied to two or more other words in a sentence, even though the word logically or grammatically applies differently to each. It often creates a witty, surprising, or ironic effect. ✅ Example: In both cases, the verb…
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What is Parataxis?
📌 Parataxis Definition:Parataxis is a literary and rhetorical device in which short, simple clauses or phrases are placed side by side without using conjunctions (or with minimal use of them). It creates a direct, concise, and sometimes dramatic effect, leaving the relationship between the ideas implied rather than explained. ✅ Example: 👉 The effect of…
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What is a Kenning?
📌 Kenning Definition:A kenning is a figurative, compound expression used in place of a more straightforward noun. It comes from Old English and Norse poetry and often combines two words (sometimes hyphenated) to describe something in a more metaphorical or imaginative way. ✅ Example: And there you have it! Now go ahead and use kenning…
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What is an Isocolon?
📌 Isocolon Definition:Isocolon is a rhetorical device where two or more successive clauses, phrases, or sentences have the same length and grammatical structure, creating rhythm and balance in speech or writing. ✅ Example: “I came, I saw, I conquered.” — Julius Caesar Another example: “Easy come, easy go.” And there it is! Now go ahead…
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