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Literature

Of or pertaining to the art of writing in any form or style, most especially published works.

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personification

Literature; Literary techniques

Personification is the attribution of human characteristics to animals, inanimate objects or abstractions. Animals, inanimate objects or abstractions are represented as having ...

repetition

Literature; Literary techniques

Repetition consists of words or phrases that are repeated throughout the text to emphasise certain facts or ideas. Example: Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an ...

rhetorical question

Literature; Literary techniques

The author / speaker raises a question, but doesn't answer it directly as he/she sees the answer (usually Yes or No) as obvious. Rhetorical questions are used to provoke, ...

ellipsis

Literature; Literary techniques

Ellipsis (or elliptical construction ) is the omission of a word or words. It refers to constructions in which words are left out of a sentence but the sentence can still be ...

euphemism

Literature; Literary techniques

Euphemism is used to express a mild, indirect, or vague term to substitute for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term. Euphemism is often contrasted with dysphemism. Some euphemisms ...

epigram

Literature; Literary techniques

An epigram refers to a concise, witty, memorable, and sometimes surprising or satirical statement. The origin of the word epigram is Greek, from epigraphein (epi- + graphein to ...

cataphora

Literature; Literary techniques

Cataphora refers to a figure of speech where an earlier expression refers to or describes a forward expression. Cataphora is the opposite of anaphora, a reference forward as ...