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    The document defines and provides examples of various literary devices including: - Connotation and denotation which refer to implied and literal meanings. - Soliloquy, juxtaposition, and stream of consciousness which relate to thoughts spoken aloud, placing ideas close together, and interior monologues. - Anaphora, dialect, and onomatopoeia which involve repeating words or phrases, regional varieties of language, and imitating sounds to form words. - Consonance, diction, euphony, and cacophony which deal with harmonious or harsh sounds. - Alliteration, assonance, and cliche which refer to repeating initial sounds, using the same vowel sounds

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    The document defines and provides examples of various literary devices including: - Connotation and denotation which refer to implied and literal meanings. - Soliloquy, juxtaposition, and stream of consciousness which relate to thoughts spoken aloud, placing ideas close together, and interior monologues. - Anaphora, dialect, and onomatopoeia which involve repeating words or phrases, regional varieties of language, and imitating sounds to form words. - Consonance, diction, euphony, and cacophony which deal with harmonious or harsh sounds. - Alliteration, assonance, and cliche which refer to repeating initial sounds, using the same vowel sounds

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    Connotation

    Howsomethingisperceivedassociation
    ContextAllformsofliterature
    UseMood
    ExampleRoseshaveafeelingofpassionandloveattachedtothem
    Denotation
    Adefinitionorliteralmeaning
    ContextDictionaries,narrativepieces
    UseDescription
    ExampleAredrosewasinthevose.
    Soliloquy
    Listeningtosomeonesthoughtsthoughtsspokenoutloud
    ContextDramatic,Theatre
    UseFirstperson,narrative
    ExampleBalconysceneinRomeoandJuliet
    Juxtaposition
    Beingclosetogetherorsimilar
    ContextPoetic,Literary,compareandcontrast
    UseStyle
    ExampleAnexampleistheopeninglineofCharlesDicksons,AtaleofTwoCities.

    Itwasthebestoftimes,itwastheworstoftimes,itwastheageofwisdom,itwas
    theageoffoolishness
    StreamofConsciousness
    Yourthoughtprocess,continualInteriormonologue
    ContextNarrative
    UseNarrative
    ExampleAnexampleofanAuthorwhodoesthiswellisDorothyRichardson
    Anaphora

    rhetoric
    accentuateanideabyrepeatingawordorwordsatthebeginningofaclause
    IHaveaDream,byMartinLutherKingjr.repeatedphrasessuchas,Ihavea
    dream.
    grammatical
    avoidingrepetitionbyusingsynonymsinthesamesentence

    Susie
    hadadogand
    she
    loveditverymuch.
    Dialect
    Varietyofthesamelanguagebasedonyourgeographyregional
    ContextThirdpersonnarrative
    UseStyle
    ExampleThewaythattheAfricanAmericansspeakin,ToKillaMockingbird.
    Onomatopoeia
    theimitationofasoundformedintoaword
    Contextpoetic
    UseSound
    Examplebeep,honk
    Consonance
    aharmonyofsound,oragreement
    ContextPoetic
    UseSound
    ExampleSweetsilentthought
    Diction
    Astyleofcommunication,dependantoncertainwordchoices
    ContextPoetic
    UseStyle

    ExampleWheels(slang)vsautomobile
    Euphony
    Pleasantorharmonioussounds
    Contextpoetic
    Usesound
    ExampleThemajesticeuphonyofHiltonspoetry
    Cacophony
    Aharshgroupofsounds
    ContextPoetic
    UseSound
    ExampleThesoundatthezoo
    Alliteration
    Twoormorewordsinasentencewiththesamesound
    Contextpoetic
    UseSound
    ExampleBobboisterouslybrandedbovines
    Assonance
    Arhymeinwhichthesamevowelsoundsareused
    ContextPoetic
    UseSound
    ExampleMasteryandmystery
    Cliche
    Anoverused,wornoutphrase
    ContextNarrativeterm
    UseToloseyouraudience
    ExampleStrongasanox

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