From 01f9e5c73aeca1f2555f61d15afcc94ca7b89a55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: eggy Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 22:19:00 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] eng: descriptive and sound-like literary devices explanations --- docs/eng3uz.md | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/eng3uz.md b/docs/eng3uz.md index 3b2871d..620f12c 100644 --- a/docs/eng3uz.md +++ b/docs/eng3uz.md @@ -4,32 +4,60 @@ The course code for this page is **ENG3UZ**. ## Literary Techniques/Devices -**Decription** +### Description - - Allusion: - - Anecdote: - - Hyperbole: - - Imagery: - - Metaphor: - - Simile: - - Litotes: - - Personification: - - Adjectives and adverbs: + - Allusion: A brief and indirect reference to a thing or idea of significance. + - e.g., *"Look at Einstein over there, thinking he's so smart."* + - Anecdote: A short and interesting story or event used to support a point. + - e.g., *"You should all be grateful! When I was a young lad, we didn't have these fancy phones! We had to *talk* to people's *faces!" + - Hyperbole: An exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis. + - e.g., *"If you null pointer me one more time I am going to crush you into two billion pieces!"* + - Imagery: The usage of figurative language to describe concepts in a way that invokes the **senses**. + - e.g., *"My mother…how sweet and juicy her tender limbs are."* + - Metaphor: An implicit comparison between two unlike things without the use of "like" or "as". + - e.g., *"My computer is an absolute potato."* + - Simile: An explicit comparison between two unlike things *with* the use of "like" or "as". + - e.g., *"She's as stupid as an elephant!"* + - Litotes: An understatement by negating a positive or negative expression. + - e.g., *"My marks aren't the best in the world."* + - Personification: The application of human concepts to non-humans, such as human-like speech. This is a common example of a metaphor. + - e.g., *The rock blinked at me with a cute face unlike any other I had seen before. "…Owo. Uwu?"* + - Adjectives and adverbs: Words that describe and modify nouns and verbs, respectively. + - e.g., *The traitorous man died painfully.* -**Sound** +### Sound - - Alliteration: - - Assonance: - - Dialect: - - Euphony: - - Onomatopoeia: - - Pun: - - Repetition: - - Rhyme: - - Rhyme scheme: - - Rhythm (anapest, dactyl, iamb, spondee, trochee): + - Alliteration: A number of words with the same beginning consonant sound that appear close together in sequence. + - e.g., *The dancing damsel dazzled the crowd.* + - Assonance: A repetition of similar vowel sounds in words close to each other in a sentence. + - e.g., *"Oh, please let her go."* + - Dialect: A regional variety of language with spelling, grammar, and pronunciation that differentiates a population from others around them. + - e.g., *"There's five of them dirty ducks flappin' out and about, sir!"* + - Euphony: The use of words and phrases that are pleasing to the ear by using long vowel sounds, harmonious constants (l, m, n, r, f, v), and soft consonants or semi-vowels (w, s, y, th, wh). + - e.g., *"The velvet…it's so lovely, and so very soft…"* + - Onomatopoeia: A word which imitates a sound effect. + - e.g., *The cat meowed as he looked on with adoring eyes that tore through my squealing heart.* + - Pun: A play on words that involve words with similar sounds but different meanings. + - e.g., *"Lettuce finish our salads."* + - Repetition: Using a phrase for emphasis multiple times within close proximity. + - e.g., *"I was too late. I was far too late. My dog…she tried her best."* + - Rhyme: A repetition of words whose end syllables sound similar. + - e.g., *Roses are red / Violets are blue / Your family is dead / And you will be too* + - Rhyme scheme: The rhyming pattern or structure at the end of each line of poetry. + - e.g., the above poem uses ABAB as its rhyme scheme. + - Rhythm: The usage of stressed and unstressed syllables to demonstrate patterns, especially in verses. + - Anapest: Three syllables, in which the first two are unstressed while the last is stressed. + - e.g., *"'Twas the* ***night*** *before* ***Christ****mas and* ***all*** *through the* ***house****"* + - Dactyl: Three syllables, in which the first is stressed while the rest are unstressed. + - e.g., *"Marvelous!"* + - Iamb: Two syllables, in which the first is unstressed while the second is stressed. + - e.g., *"You* ***stu****pid* ***id****iot."* + - Spondee: Two syllables, both of which are stressed. + - e.g., *"Rage, rage against the dying of the light"* (Dylan Thomas) + - Trochee: Two syllables, in which the first is stressed while the second is unstressed. + - e.g., *Double, double, toil and trouble* (William Shakespeare) -**Organisation and Pace** +### Organisation and Pace - Blank verse: - Enjambment: @@ -54,7 +82,7 @@ The course code for this page is **ENG3UZ**. - Syntax: - Dialogue vs. narrative: -**Meaning** +### Meaning - Abstract language: - Allegory: