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41 repetition
types: anaphora, epiphora, framing, catch repetition or anadiplosis, chain repetition, ordinary repetition, successive repetition; synonymical repetition;- is a powerful mean of emphasis;- adds rhythm and balance to the utterance;See: syntactical SDs, stylistic device; repriseEnglish-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > repetition
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42 sentence\ structure
Not only the clarity and understandability of the sentence but also its expressiveness depend on the position of clauses, constituting it.- loose structure- periodic sentences
- balanced sentencesSee: punctuation, syntactical SDsSource: V.A.K.English-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > sentence\ structure
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43 simile
an imaginative comparison of two unlike objects belonging to two different classes on the grounds of similarity of some qualityThe one which is compared is called the tenor, the one with which it is compared, is called the vehicle. The tenor and the vehicle form the two semantic poles of the simile, which are connected by one of the following link words: "like", "as", "as though", "as if", "as like", "such as", "as... as", etc.She is like a rose.
He stood immovable like a rock in a torrent. (J.Reed)
His muscles are hard as rock. (T.Capote)
The conversation she began behaved like green logs: they fumed but would not fire. (T.Capote)
Source: V.A.K.••characterisation of one object by bringing it into contact with another object belonging to an entirely different class of things- excludes all the properties of the two objects except one which is made common to them;- forcibly set one object against another regardless of the fact that they may be completely alien to each other;Maidens, like moths, are ever caught by glare. (Byron)
Other words live but a short time and are like bubbles on the surface of water - they disappear leaving no trace of their existence. (I.R.G)
His mind was restless, but it worked perversely and thoughts jerked through his brain like the misfirings of a defective carburettor. (S.Maugham)
It was that moment of the year when the countryside seems to faint from its own loveliness, from the intoxication of tis scents and sounds. (J.Galsworthy)
Source: I.R.G.Compare: logical comparisonEnglish-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > simile
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44 suspense
a deliberate postponement of the completion of the sentence with the help of embedded clauses (homogeneous members) separating the predicate from the subject and introducing less important facts and details first, while the expected information of major importance is reserved till the end of the sentence (utterance) (V.A.K.)••a compositional device which consists in arranging the matter of a communication in such a way that the less important, descriptive, subordinate parts are amassed at the beginning, the main idea being withheld till the end of the sentence (I.R.G.), says a Chinese manuscript, which my friend M. was obliging enough to read and explain to me, for the first seventy thousand ages ate their meat raw. (Ch.Lamb)See: periodic sentences, syntactical SDsEnglish-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > suspense
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