Verbal Irony (Meaning & Examples)
What is verbal irony? When someone says one thing but actually means the opposite, they’re probably being verbally ironic. Verbal irony is when the literal… Read More »Verbal Irony (Meaning & Examples)
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literary devices
Literary device are aspects of literature and writing which we can recognize, identify and interpret. Literary elements and techniques are what comprise literary devices, and they are extremely common in literature, poetry, film and other types of art.
Common examples of literary devices include irony, alliteration, anthropomorphism, puns, hyperboles, oxymorons, clichés and more.
Types of Irony (Meaning & Examples)
What does irony mean? Is it rain on your wedding day, a black fly in your Chardonnay? Or did Alanis misunderstand the assignment? What is… Read More »Types of Irony (Meaning & Examples)
Alliteration (Definition & Examples)
Kit Kat. Dunkin’ Donuts. Coca-Cola. Paypal. What makes these familiar phonetics fun? This is the function of alliteration, of course! What do the previous sentence… Read More »Alliteration (Definition & Examples)
What’s an Idiom? (List of 100+ Idioms in English)
Idioms are phrases particular to a language, where taken as a whole it means something different from the words in isolation.
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