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Taking a course of stylistics, I realized that this is one of the most interesting subjects. I liked to disassemble suggestions on stylistic means. I've got my favorite stylistic devices. The most I liked syntactic SDs I know that knowledge of stylistic devices is a necessary for the culture of speech. It helps to make our speech more vivid and richer. The ability to correctly use words is necessary to everyone. I would like to thank you, Julia Olegovna that you instilled in us a love and interest to the Stylistics. I liked our classes. I liked the way of your teaching. I liked our classes. They were held in a relaxed atmosphere and were full of positive emotions. Now, I have a habit of finding stylistic devices in someone's speech))) Also, I often use metaphor and similes in my speech) I…

Onomatopoeia The use of words (such as hiss or murmur) that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. Examples: "Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff. Ding-dong, ding-dong. The little train rumbled over the tracks." ("Watty Piper" [Arnold Munk], The Little Engine That Could) "Brrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinng! An alarm clock clanged in the dark and silent room." (Richard Wright, Native Son, 1940) Rhyme A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words, most often at the end of lines in poems and songs. Examples "Whose woods these are I think I know, His house is in the village though. He will not see me stopping here, To watch his woods fill up with snow." (Robert Frost, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening") "I am not a lean mean spitting machine."…

The most memorable syntactic SD for me was "litotes". It is really interesting when two negations that have negative meaning can joint to give positive evaluation. It describes the object to which it refers not directly, but through the negation of the opposite. I often use "not bad" instead of "good" in my speech but I did not think how can these two words give positive meaning. I also like to use such syntactic SD like "Question-in-the-narrative" especially when I am proving something to somebody. It also helps to chain the attention of listener or when you want to focus the audience's attention on something specific "Break-in-the-Narrative" also interesting SD. We often use it in our speech and writing. Mostly I use this SD when I do not have anything to say, avoiding from the answer o…

hyperbole A figure of speech (a form of irony) in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect; an extravagant statement The language of hyperbole amplifies reality by carrying us beyond the boundaries of rational thought . . . Examples: Your mama's hair is so short she could stand on her head and her hair wouldn't touch the ground. . . . Your father is so low he has to look up to tie his shoes. You're so low down you need an umbrella to protect yourself from ant piss. http://grammar.about.com/od/fh/g/hyperboleterm.htm Understatement A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is.As such, understatement can be used to reflect modesty, sarcasm, derogatory or complimentary tone. Examples Of Understatement"It's a…

Pun A play on words, either on different senses of the same word or on the similar sense or sound of different words. This gives an ambiguity to the sentence, which is purposely added for a humorous or rhetorical effect. According to Ambrose Bierce, pun is "A form of wit, to which wise men stoop and fools aspire". Literary figures like Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Oscar Wilde, and George Carlin were famous for its use in their works. This so-called lowbrow humorous device works on double entendre. A zeugma is an interesting device that can cause confusion in sentences, while also adding some flavor. Let's take a famous example from Star Trek: The Next Generation: "You are free to execute your laws, and your citizens, as you see fit." In this sentence, the word "execute" applies to both laws a…

Metaphors are used to help us understand the unknown, because we use what we know in comparison with something we don't know to get a better understanding of the unknown. The simplest and also the most effective poetic device is the use of comparison. For example, "The (first thing) is the (second thing). Remember, the "two things" are unlike. Metaphors use the verb "to be." It might almost be said that poetry is founded on two main means of comparing things: simile and metaphor. We heighten our ordinary speech by the continual use of such comparisons as "fresh as a daisy," "tough as leather," "comfortable as an old shoe," "it fits like the Paper on the wall," "gay as a lark," "happy as the day is long, pretty as a picture." These are all recognizable similes; they use the words "as" or "…