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Figures of Speech |Figurative Language

Figures of Speech | |Definition of Figure of Speech The ornaments of language. They are the words and phrases that convey more than their dictionary or literal meanings. Figure of Speech  Examples |Examples of Figure of Speech The commonly used figures of speech are: simile, metaphor, metonymy synecdoche, personification, hyperbole, etc . For instance, the word 'log' in the sentence, "She sleeps like a 'log', is a figure of speech called simile. The literal meaning of 'log' is 'a thick piece of wood cut from a tree. So, a log is lifeless, motionless-dead. "She" has been compared to a "log" to suggest  that she sleeps so deeply as if she were dead .   Figurative Language ||                     Figurative Language Definition The language containing figures of speech is called figurative language . Figurative language is different from scientific language because figures of speech are av

Epithet || Exposition |Literary Terms

Epithet Basically an adjective placed before or after a person or a thing. For example: " Swifi -footed Achilles", "god-like Hector", "red-haired Menelaus", laughter-loving Aphrodite", "white-armed Helen", Ox- eyed queen", "Athene of the flashing eyes", Alexander the Great," weary way", "labouring clouds" etc. An epithet is used as a substitute for the description of some of the characteristics of a person or thing. Exposition The beginning of a play which artistically presents some of the past and present events and hints at what is coming next. It builds the background of the plot, introduces the major theme(s), character(s) and locates the story in time and place. It sets the tone of the play. Figures of Speech

Episode |Episode Meaning | Episode Definition

Episode |Episode Meaning | Episode Definition A part of a longer story or a larger sequence. For example, in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, the part that narrates Lydia's elopement and its impacts on the Bennet family is an episode. In Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man, the part that describes Bluntschli's visit to Petkoff's house to return the coat is an episode. In Aeneid, the part which deals with the love of Dido for Aenea is an episode. TV serials are divided into episodes which are shown in succession. Though an episode appears complete in itself,it leaves behind some clues on which the next episode is developed. An episode contributes to the total design of the narrative. Read More: Epiphany

Epiphany |Literary Devices

Epiphany |Literary Devices A moment of sudden revelation or awareness that changes the course of life of the major character of a novel or short story. James Joyce defined epiphany as the moment when the "soul of the commonest object .......seems to us radiant." Example Stephen, the hero of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, once saw a young wading girl on the shore of the sea. The girl looked like a seabird. "She seemed like one whom magic had changed into the  likeness of a strange and beautiful seabird." (Chapter 4, pl71) The image of the wading girl manifested to him as a hawk like seabird soaring high. In a flash, the sight created in him awareness of ımagination-the real vocation of an artist. An artist's imagination soaring higher and higher also reflects absolute freedom. So, later in the novel (Chapter 5) Stephen rejects all that dominated him so far- his family, homeland and religion-in order to be an

Epigram |Epigram Definition

Epigram |Epigram Definition A brief and witty statement which is apparently self-contradictory. Examples "our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. ..........(Shelley: "To a Skylark") . Here Sweetest "saddest" oppose each other but as we go and beneath the surface level, we find that the sadder the song the deeper the impression it makes.                  So all my best is dressing old words new,          Spending again what is already spent;           For as the sun is daily new and old,.            So is my love still telling what is told .       .........(Shakespeare: "Sonnct LXXVI" )       "The rising unto place is laborious; and by pains, men come to greater pains;"     .......( Bacon: "Of Great Place" ) Epigrams lead readers or listeners to think and discover the meaning of the paradox in the statement, and thus, provide the intended pleasure. They so

Epic Simile | Examples of Epic Simile

Epic Simile An open comparison between two dissimilar objects of which one is fairly elaborated. It is called epic simile because the epic poe introduced the tradition of this kind of simile. For example, in the following example Hector has been compared to a boar and a lion: He was like a wild-boar or a lion when he turns this way and his that among the hounds and huntsmen to defy them in strength .......(Homer: The Iliad, Book-XII) In this simile the qualities of a boar and a lion are elaborated to suggest Hector's strength and bravery. Similarly, in the following epic simile from Virgil's Aeneid, Book IV, Dido has been compared to a wounded deer:         Sick with desire, and seeking him  she loves,        From street to street theraving Dido roves. So when the watchful shepherd, from the blind ,        Wounds with a random shaft the careless hind,     Distracted with herpain she flies the woods,   Bounds o'er the lawn, and seeks the silent floods,    Wi

Dramatic Irony |Dramatic Irony Definition|Dramatic Irony Examples |Examples of Dramatic Irony

Dramatic Irony |Dramatic Irony Definition A dialogue or a situation which conveys one meaning to the character or characters on stage but its opposite meaning to the audience.  Dramatic Irony Examples |Examples of Dramatic Irony When Oedipus, in Oedipus Rex, says, "I, Oedipus, / Whose name is known afar" he believes that he is really renowned for his activities but the members of audience know that he is opposite to what he believes. Again, when he declares death penalty for the killer of Laius, "I here pronounce my sentence upon his head", he does not know that the punishment falls on his own head but the members of audience, because of their prior knowledge of the myth ,know it. In Macbeth, Duncan wonders at the treason of the previous thane of Cawdor who betrayed him in the battle:                                       There's no art To find the mind's construction in the face.  He was a gentleman on whom I built An

Dactyl |Denotation |Denouement |Didactic

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Dactyl  A metrical foot of three syllables of which the first one is stressed and the last two are unstressed. [see Foot]  Bla'ck wěre her /éyed as the bérý/ that gróws on the thorn by thě/wayside. (Longfellow: -"Evangeline") phant)  In this line the first five feet are dactylic. The last foot is,however, a trochaic.   Denotation  The direct meaning of a word. It is also called literal or dictionary meaning. The denotation of the word "bird" is a winged biped that can fly and of "man" is wingless biped. [see Connotation]   Denouement The final scene of a drama or fiction in which all the problems are resolved, all the knots are untied and a satisfactory explanation of the dramatic situations is given. Diction |Diction Definition  The selection of words in a writing or speech. A particular writer chooses a particular type of words and phrases. For example, Miltorn uses bombastic, unusual, allusive and Latinized words b

Couplet |Couplet Definition | Couplet Literary Definition | Couplet Examples |Couplet Poem Examples

Couplet |Couplet Definition | Couplet Literary Definition |Rhyming Couplet |Rhyming Couplet Definition Two verse lines rhyming together at the end. Couplet Examples | Couplet Poem Examples Blow, blow thou winter w ind . Thou art not so unk ind (Shakespeare: As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII) These trimeter lines end with the same sound, "ind", and thus, they rhyme together . Humpty Dumpty sat on a w all Humpty Dumpty had a great f al l (Nursery rhyme) These two tetrameter lines end with the same sound, "all" The woods are lovely, dark and d eep , But I have promises to k eep , And miles to go before I sl eep , And miles to go before I sl eep (Robert Frost "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening") Each of the couples of these tetrameter lines ends with the same sound, and thus, rhyme together Observe this"All human things are subject to decay And when fate summons, monarchs must

Consonance |Consonance Definition |Consonance Figure of Speech |Consonance Examples |

Consonance |Consonance Definition |Consonance Figure of Speech |Consonance Examples | Consonance  |Consonance Definition |Consonance Figure of Speech | Repetition of consonants without similar vowels for two or more times at the end of accented syllables. For examples ,in "sho ck " "lu ck " and "pi ck ", 'ck' has been repeated but the accompanying vowels are different. Consonance Examples |Examples of Consonance    1)    "Rough win ds do shake the                   darling bu ds of May," .............(Shakespeare: "Sonnet XVIII") 2)"A la wn about the shoulders thro wn " .............(R. Herrick: "Delight in Disorder") 3)"For su mm er has o'er-bri mm ed their cla mm y cells. ......(Keats: "To Autumn") 4)Observe this:"The young Buddhi st prie sts were the wor st of all." ........ (G. Orwell: "Shooting a

Conceit |Literary Devices |Literary Terms

Conceit |Literary Devices |Literary Terms Comparison between two far-fetched objects of different kinds. Conceit makes  its readers surprised  by its ingenious discovery and delights them by its intellectual quality . A famous example is Donne's comparison between two lovers' souls and the two arms of a pair of compasses in "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning ".       If they be two, they are two so       A stiff twin compasses are two;      Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show       To move, but doth, if th" other do. Of the several conceits in "The Good-Morrow", here is one:      Where can we find two better hemispheres,      Without sharp North, without declining West? The comparison between two hemispheres and two lovers is an unusual, thought provoking one, and so, it is a conceit. Read More:Comic Relief

Comic Relief |What does Comic Relief do?

Comic Relief |What does Comic Relief do? Comic Relief A humorous scene in between serious scenes of a tragedy. What does Comic Relief do? Its purpose is to relieve the tension of the foregoing tragic scenes for a  short time, and thus, heighten the tragic effect by contrast. Examples of Comic Relief |Comic Relief Examples The comic scenes of Doctor Faustus are bright examples: in Act III, Scene IV, Wagner makes fun of the clown. This scene is a comic relief to the serious scenes that precede and follow it. In Hamlet, the humorous dialogues between the grave diggers in Act V, Scene I, offer comic relief to the deeply tense action of its foregoing scenes and enhance the tragic effect of the subsequent scenes. http:Read More: Climax

Climax | Climax Definition | Climax in Literature |What is Climax?| What does Climax mean? | Climax Meaning

Climax | Climax Definition | Climax in Literature |What is Climax?| What does Climax mean? | Climax Meaning The peak of importance in a play or story.It is the point at which the rise of action ends and the fall of action begins. Antigone's death in Oedipus's Antigone is the most important event after which action falls. Her death is the climax of the tragedy. The climax of Macbeth is the point at which,so far ambitious and brave,Macbeth first gets afraid at the appearance of Banquo'sghost.It is the turning point of his fall. A statement may also have a climax.For instance,"His smiles,he laughs and he roars."The climax is at  the end of the sentence. Read More: Classicism

Classicism |Classicism in English Literature | Characteristics of Classicism

Classicism |Classicism in English Literature | Characteristics of Classicism The ancient doctrine of art and literature.It was developed in the pre-Christian era in Greece and Rome.It is opposite to romanticism. Here classicism's main features or Characteristics are: a) Restraint or control (over imagination); b)Predominance of reason over emotion; c)Adherence to recognised forms; d) Symmetry or unity of design and aim; in drama,observance of three unities; e)Clarity, simplicity and balance; f) Respect for tradition; g) Elegance; h) Objectivity; I)Moral lesson; j)Universal subjects rather than temporal or local subjects. Read More: Classic

Literary Devices:Classic |Literary Terms

Literary Devices :Classic | Literary Terms Classic A work of literature which has stood the test of time for its timeless qualities. A classic engages such human qualities which appeal to the people of all ages,all countries and all races. The classics mean all the never -drying art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome. The classics are  never-dying because they appeal to us,more or less,in the way they appealed to the ancient Greeks and Romans. Modern classics are those modern literary works which,ever since their appearance,have never lost their appeal to the readers of all Countries. The word classical refers to greek and Roman literature or any work of art and literature that possess the qualities of Greek and Roman literature. Examples of Ancient Classics Sophocles,Antigone,Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus;Euripides,Medea and Hippolytus;Aristophanes,Wasps and Frogs,Seneca's Thyestes,Phaedra and Medea;Ovid'

【 】What is an example of a metaphor?

What is an example of a metaphor? In this post,I will show you the definition of metaphor.Besides,I will show you an example of a metaphor. An implicit comparison between two different things.It is a compressed form of simile."Liza is a rose" is an example of metaphor as there is an implied comparison between the colour,softness,fragrance,beauty,etc.of the rose and those of Liza.It becomes a simile if the comparison is made explicit:Liza is like a rose. In "Sonnet XVIII",the phrase, "eternal summer,"in the line, "But thy eternal summer shall not fade" is a metaphor that suggests "never-ending youthfulness." What is an example of a metaphor? ●All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, ...........(Shakespeare:As You Like It,Act II,Scene VII) The "world" has been compared to "a stage" to suggest shor

【 】What is an example of a simile?||Example of Simile

What is an example of a simile? In this post I will show you  an example of a simile with the definition of it. A simile  is an explicit comparison between two different things. Usually " as " and " like" are used in it. Example:                  We die,      As your hours do,and dry                     Away           Like to the summer's rain;                 (Robert Herrick:"To Daffodils") In these lines human life has been compared to summer's rain drops to suggest that a man's life is as brief as a drop of summer's rain that takes no time to be evaporated.Writers use similes very frequently because similes help them suggest their meanings. Example of Simile Observe this,"My  affection hath an unknown bottom,like the Bay of Portugal" .............. Shakespeare:As You Like It,Act IV,Scene I) The analogy between the speaker's wandering and a floating cloud in the f

Circumlocution |Define Circumlocution | Circumlocution Definition | Circumlocution Example |Circumlocution in a Sentence

Circumlocution |Define Circumlocution | Circumlocution Definition | Circumlocution Example |Circumlocution in a Sentence A roundabout way of stating or writing ideas.In it several words are used where a few words can serve the purpose.For examples: "Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines," ..........(Shakespeare:"Sonnet XVIII") Here "the eye of heaven" is a roundabout expression for the "sun". In Keats' "To Autumn",Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness"(for Autumn), "clammy cells"(for beehive), "The red-breast"(for robin),etc. are all examples of circumlocution. Here are two more examples of circumlocution. ●The Peer now spreads the glittering forfex wide, To inclose the Lock ;now join it,to divide. Even then,before the fatal engine closed, A wretched Sylph too fondly interposed. ..............(Pope:The Rape of the Lock) The "glittering forfex" and the

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