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Cat in the Rain By E. Hemingway There were only two Americans stopping at the hotel. They did not know any of the people they passed on the stairs on their (alliteration) way to and from their room. Their room (anadiplosis)was on the second floor facing the sea. It also faced the public garden and the war monument. There were big palms and green benches in the public garden. In the good weather there was always an artist with his easel. Artists liked the way the palms grew and the bright colors of the hotels facing the gardens and the sea. Italians came from a long way off to look up at the war monument. It was made of bronze and glistened in the rain. It was raining. The rain dripped (onomatopoeia, alliteration)from the palm trees. Water stood in pools on the gravel paths. The sea broke…

Rhyme Rhyme is the repetition of identical or similar terminal sound combination of words. Rhyming words are generally placed at a regular distance from each other. In verse they are usually placed at the end of the corresponding lines.Identity and similarity of sound combinations may be relative. For instance, we distinguish between full rhymes and incomplete rhymes. The full rhyme presupposes identity of the vowel sound and the following consonant sounds in a stressed syllable, including the initial consonant of the second syllable (in polysyllabic words), we have exact or identical rhymes.Incomplete rhymes present a greater variety They can be divided into two main groups: vowel rhymes and consonant rhymes. In vowel-rhymes the vowels of the syllables in corresponding words are identica…

Climax (figure of speech) Climax refers to a figure of speech in which words, phrases, or clauses are arranged in order of increasing importance. Examples of climax These are some examples: 1. Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good; A shining gloss that vadeth suddenly; A flower that dies when first it gins to bud; A brittle glass that's broken presently: A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, Lost, vaded, broken, dead within an hour. Shakespear, The Passionate Pilgrim 2. "There are three things that will endure: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love." 1 Corinthians 13:13 3. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Martin Luther King, I H…

Irony pervades contemporary language. From its use in sarcasm, comedy and just everyday conversation, irony has long transcended from only being a literary device. Irony Categories Irony can best be defined as that middle ground between what is said and what is meant, or others’ understanding of what was said and what was meant. It can sometimes be a bit confusing, yet at the same time it can also be amusing. There are several examples of irony which can be summed up in various categories. Situational Irony This type of irony may occur when the outcome of a certain situation is completely different than what was initially expected. It is often referred to as an “irony of events.” Examples of irony in the situational category include a contradiction or sharp contrast. Example: A person who…

Pun is the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings orapplications, orthe use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; aplay on words. One-Word Puns There aren’t really any stand-alone, one-word puns as they all need some kind of context to create the word play. However, in many cases, the pun is formed within the context by one simple word that sounds like a different word or has another meaning. These are called homophonic or homographic puns. Homophonic Puns Homophonic puns are created by substituting one word for a similar-sounding word. A good pun is its own reword. I bet the butcher the other day that he couldn’t reach the meat that was on the top shelf. He refused to take the bet, saying that the steaks…

We discussed what is the metaphor, simile, metonymy and personification. And now I can differ all this stylistic devices.

Metaphor is an implied comparison between two objects and its formula A is B.

Simile is direct comparison and unlike metaphor it has three objects. Formula: A is like B.

Personification is giving human characteristics to lifeless objects.

I found an interesting video and want to share it with you. This video presents this devices in diffrent songs. This is the the link on this video http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tj1-lCGMaKk.

My name is Dairbekova Madina! I think that it's an interesting scince. As I understood from our first lecture, we will learn different stylistic devices and how to recognize them in a text. And this knowledge will help us in another one discipline "Interpretation of literary text".