The document discusses three rhetorical devices: antithesis, personification, and hyperbole. Antithesis uses parallel structures to contrast opposite ideas in a sentence. Personification assigns human characteristics to nonhuman objects or ideas. Hyperbole exaggerates statements in a non-literal way to create strong feelings or impressions without being taken literally.
The document discusses three rhetorical devices: antithesis, personification, and hyperbole. Antithesis uses parallel structures to contrast opposite ideas in a sentence. Personification assigns human characteristics to nonhuman objects or ideas. Hyperbole exaggerates statements in a non-literal way to create strong feelings or impressions without being taken literally.
The document discusses three rhetorical devices: antithesis, personification, and hyperbole. Antithesis uses parallel structures to contrast opposite ideas in a sentence. Personification assigns human characteristics to nonhuman objects or ideas. Hyperbole exaggerates statements in a non-literal way to create strong feelings or impressions without being taken literally.
Rizki Amalia Intias (932201214) Class A ANTITHESIS Antithesis is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect. Antithesis emphasizes the idea of contrast by parallel structure of the contrasted phrases or clauses, i.e. the structures of phrase and clauses are similar in order to draw the attention of the listeners or readers. In antithesis there is usually grammatical balance as well as contrast in meaning. PERSONIFICATION The process of assigning human characteristics to nonhuman objects, abstractions or ideas. Attributing personal form to such nonhuman objects and ideas is a standard rhetorical device in poetry. Thus we frequently find poets addressing the moon as a lady, referring to her beauty. We talk about the lady beauty and about old man river. In allegorical dramas or poems certain characters are personifications of various qualities like virginity or virtue, evil or eternity, etc. the poet thus personifies qualities or describes them as if they were in fact people. HYPERBOLE Hyperbole is exaggeration of a statement, usually deliberate and not meant to be taken literally, Hotben D. Lingga (2006: 286). Hyperbole is a literary device often used in poetry, and is frequently encountered in casual speech. Occasionally, newspapers and other media use hyperbole when speaking of an accident, to increase the impact of the story. No one imagines that hyperbolic statement is to be taken literally. It can also be termed as overstatement. It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally.