The goals of stylistics are: To establish discourse peculiarities, to induce appreciation of discourses, to ascertain linguistic habits, to make critical judgements.
Q. How do you identify contrast in literature?
In literature, an author uses contrast when they describe the difference(s) between two or more entities. For example, in the first four lines of William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130, Shakespeare contrasts a mistress to the sun, coral, snow, and wire. Contrast is the antonym of simile.
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Q. What are some examples of literary techniques?
22 Different Types of Literary Devices and How to Use Them
- Allegory. Allegory is a literary device used to express large, complex ideas in an approachable manner.
- Allusion.
- Anachronism.
- Cliffhanger.
- Dramatic Irony.
- Extended Metaphor.
- Foreshadowing.
- Humor.
Q. What are examples of stylistic devices?
Stylistic Devices
- Alliteration.
- Allusion.
- Anaphora.
- Antithesis.
- Hyperbole.
- Hypophora.
- Litotes.
- Metaphor.
Q. What are the examples of stylistics?
Stylistics is the study of varieties of language whose properties position that language in context. For example, the language of advertising, politics, religion, individual authors, etc., or the language of a period in time, all are used distinctively and belong in a particular situation.
Q. Are metaphors rhetorical devices?
Repetition, figurative language, and even rhetorical questions are all examples of rhetorical devices. Rhetorical devices are common, such as saying language is a living beast: that’s a metaphor — one of the most common rhetorical devices.
Q. What are the 4 rhetorical strategies?
The modes of persuasion or rhetorical appeals (Greek: pisteis) are strategies of rhetoric that classify the speaker’s appeal to the audience. These include ethos, pathos, and logos.
