Stylistic device
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- See also: Figure of speech
In literature and writing, a stylistic device is the use of any of a variety of techniques to give an auxiliary meaning, idea, or feeling to the literal or written.
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[edit] Repetition
Repetition is the deliberate use of a word or phrase more than a once in a sentence or a text to create a sense of pattern or form or to emphasize certain elements in the mind of the reader or listener.
- Example: Pile the bodies high [...] And pile them high [...] And pile them high [...]
[edit] Rhyme
The repetition of identical or similar sounds, usually at the end of words.
For example, in the following lines from a poem by A.E. Housman, the last words of both lines rhyme with each other.:=)
- Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
- Is hung with bloom along the bough
[edit] Symbol
Something that stands for something other than itself.
- Example:A heart standing for love.
