Stylistic devices
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Englisch |
Deutsch |
Beispiel |
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Alliteration |
Alliteration |
Big beast |
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Allusion |
Anspielung |
The old man and the computer – Allusion to Hemingway’s “The Old man and the Sea” |
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Anaphora |
Anapher |
Today… Today… |
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Climax |
Klimax |
He came, he saw, he conquered |
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Anticlimax |
Antiklimax |
The war destroyed the world, my country, my house. |
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Contrast |
Kontrast |
She came in, I went out. |
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Enumeration |
Aufzählung |
My parents, my teachers… |
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Ellipsis |
Ellipse |
He came, (then he) saw and (afterwards he) conquered. |
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Euphemism |
Euphemismus (Beschönigung) |
My husband passed away. |
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Hyperbole |
Hyperbel |
I´m so hungry I could eat a horse. |
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Inversion |
Inversion |
Birds in the garden they saw a lot. (unusual word order) |
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Irony |
Ironie |
What charming behavior you have. (when so. is very rude) |
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Metaphor |
Metapher |
This exam was heaven for the students. |
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Oxymoron |
Oxymoron |
Sweet sorrow / wise fool |
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Paradox |
Paradoxon |
I heart the man looking. |
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Parallelism |
Parallelismus |
We went to work. They went to school. He stayed at home. |
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Personification |
Personifizierung |
The birds greeted us. |
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Rhetorical question |
rhetorische Frage |
But what can we do? |
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Simile |
Vergleich |
He is as beautiful as… |
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Symbol |
Symbol |
Symbol: dove, Meaning: peace |
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