Term Effect/Uses: A Cliché Are Actions and Events That Are Predictable Since There Are Past Events

Term Effect/Uses
Alliteration Is use for descriptions along with creating attention about a

detailed subject. To gains reader's attention through repetition of a
consonant sound, appeals to the sense of hearing, emphasizes
words, links lines, unifies stanzas, enhances flow of poem.
Allusion To creates the impression that the author and reader share the
same knowledge.
Ambiguity Ambiguity serves the purpose of that the poem have a deeper
meaning. By introducing ambiguity in their works, writers make the
readers to use their imagination to explore the different meanings.
Assonance To draws attention to particular words or lines through repetition
of a vowel sound, appeals to the sense of hearing, develops the
image created by words.
Cacophony Writers use cacophony as a tool to describe a conflicting situation
using conflicting words. The use of the words allows readers to
picture and feel the unpleasantness of the situation that the writer
has described.
Caesura It breaks the monotonous rhythm of a line and forces readers to
focus on the meaning of the phrase previous the caesura. It also
create a dramatic or ominous effect. It happens in the middle of a
sentence, or a phrase.
Colloquialism Give us deep insights into the writer’s life. They tell us about how
people talked in their lives. It help a writer to form strong
connections with readers.
Cliché A cliché is a everyday form of human expression which is repetitive
use in social life. A cliché are actions and events that are
predictable since there are past events.
Connotation Connotation create the way for creativity by using figures of speech
like metaphor, simile, symbolism, and personification. Had writers
satisfied themselves with only the literal meanings, there would
have been no way to compare abstract ideas to concrete concepts,
in order to give readers a better understanding. It make the
connotative meanings of words to allow writers to add to their
works dimensions that are broader, more vivid, and fresher.
Ellipsis To show an omission of a word or words from the text. To create a
pause for effect.
Ellipses also help in advancing the story. Leaving out a sentence or
an event by replacing it with ellipses is done to save time.
Enjambment Allows an idea to continue to the next line and increases the pace
of the poem.
Sources: literarydevices.net
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Euphemism Euphemism helps writers take those ideas that have become a
social unmentionable, and are too embarrassing to mention
directly. Writers choose appropriate words to refer to and discuss a
subject indirectly. It make euphemism is a useful tool that allows
writers to write figuratively about the difficult issues.
First person Give a understanding, close but less reliable view .
Free verse Poets have taken this technique as a freedom from rhythm and
rhyme, because it changes people’s minds unusually.
Poets can imagine the forms of any sound through pitches instead
of rhythms. Free verse gives a freedom of choice for words, and
conveying their meanings to the audience.
Hyperbole Shows the poet or protagonist's strength of feeling, build up the
poem's mood. Show strength of speaker's feelings. Adds drama and
information.
Imagery Appeals to the 5 human senses, creates a word picture in the mind
of the reader, suggests emotions, encourages audience response,
develops theme. Which allow the reader to experience sensory
experience. Creates the movie in the readers mind.
Metaphor Give writers more power to express their thoughts about a
situation. By presenting an image by making a comparison, develop
themes, highlight similarities between one thing and another,
influence the audience's view by presenting an image, enhances
imagery, creative to use figurative language instead of just literal
language.
Onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia is a great way to have the user experience one of
the senses often overlooked in poetry’s sound. Appeals toward
sense of hearing, make up the imagery of poem, develops an image
by through the sound word.
Oxymoron Reveal the poet or protagonist's mixed emotions, the development
of the theme, enhances the poem's mood, catches reader's
attention.
Pathetic Fallacy Writers try to bring non-living objects to life, so that the nature of
emotions they want to convey is understood in easier way because
the readers can relate the emotions when they detect it in the
natural surroundings.
Personification Makes comparison by giving human qualities to a non-living thing,
highlights the themes. Give object personality showing authors
attitude. Gives writing vivid life.
Pun Appeals to the audience’s sense of humor, encourages depth of
thought about a topic, draws attention to words or points, clever
word play which makes the reader to think. Provide humorous
double meaning showing different character meanings.
Repetition Used to emphasize a point. When a line or phrase returns in a
poem, it becomes noticeable to the readers. Poets can make their
ideas more memorable, and draw the attention of readers toward
a certain idea.
Rhyme To create flow within writing. To links and joins the lines,
emphasizes words, adds fluency to the poem. It makes the reading
of poetry to be enjoyable understanding for the readers to listen.
Rhythm The use of rhythm express some words more strongly than others.
The repeated use of rhythmical patterns produces rhythmical
effect, which sounds enjoyable. Moreover, rhythm capture the
audience and readers alike by giving a musical effect.
Simile Used to help the readers to know the characteristics of objects or
conditions. Provide characterization showing tone. Gives
information about an unknown by comparing it to a known.
Sibilance An atmosphere is created, which helps in drawing the attention of
readers, creating an image of the idea or the event. The descriptive
scenes can be explained more carefully by laying stress on the
specific letters. The repeated sounds, creates musical effect for the
readers.
Sonnet Rhythms are strictly followed. It gives poet to explore powerful
emotions.
Tone It decides how the readers read, and how they should feel when
they are reading it. It also make the tone to give shape and life
because it creates a mood. The tone gives voice to characters, and
reveal the personalities and natures of characters so readers could
understand it better.
Anaphora Emphasize an idea the author cares deeply about through
repetition. The use of anaphora in literature adds rhythm, making it
to be more pleasurable to read, and easier to remember.

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