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For example:
In the Wild Garden
I am dizzy with flowers
I choose a small vase.
Caesura
It is actually a pause in the middle or near the middle
of a line in a poem.
For example:
It is for you we speak, not ourselves,
You are abused, and by some putter on-
An excerpt from the poem Winters Tale, by William
Shakespeare
Hubris
It is an extreme pride or arrogance shown by a
character that leads to their downfall.
In Paradise Lost by Milton, there is a example
of hubris: in which Lucifer, as a result of his pride
is banished from heaven.
Antonomasia
It is derived from the Greek word, Anoma which means a
name.
In Antonomasia, someones office or fame is attached to
someone elses of corresponding fame.
For example:
Kano, is the Mecca of Nigeria; Lagos, the New York of
Nigeria.
Wole Soyinka is the African Shakespeare.
Bathos
It is a descent from sublime to ridicule.
For example:
It is better to be a king in hell than a servant in
heaven.
Chiasmus
This is a contrast achieved by reverse of
clauses; reversal of clauses.
Example:
Heaven is hell; hell is heaven.
Hendiadys
It is a literary device in which a single idea is
represented by two words connected by a conjunction.
The wordhendiadysis a modification of the Greek
phrasehen dia dyoin.Given thathen dia dyoinliterally
means "one through two," it's a perfect parent for a
word that describes the expression of a single concept
using two words, as in the phrase "rough and tough.
For example:
Sound and Fury
Pun
This is a humorous play on words.
For example: 7 days without water makes
you weak.
SAT Literature:
Literary Terms:
IRONY
WHAT I HAVE BEEN TAUGHT IN CLASS
Verbal Irony
This is simply a discrepancy between what a
writer says and what he actually means;
the writer says the direct opposite of what
he means.