Literary Terms, Literary Devices, Figures of Speech, Poetic Devices – So many concepts, such little time! Well, I won’t blame students for getting confused. I
Metaphors are one of the most loved and used expressions not just by great writers but by us too. Therefore, when we hear about ‘Dead
Can’t you see it with your own eyes? It’s a rhetorical question, which we unknowingly use in daily language. Most of us must not be
You know you are familiar with Onomatopoeia! In fact, you use it every day. All those times when you said “Boom!”, “Wham!”, “pow!”, “biff’ or
Do you know how early bird and second mouse can be used as an idiom, more specifically a joke idiom? In literature, the early bird
Synecdoche – the concept looks complex & foreign to you. But, trust me, you have used Synecdoche a bazillion times in your time. Does this
Sun was smiling today, this sentence illustrates another figure of speech, Personification. Sun? Smiling? Personification? You must have a lot of questions wandering in your
Is there something pretty ugly? Yes, there is an oxymoron. Oxymoron means a phrase that uses contradictory terms to express a particular thought or sentiment.
Your ‘Aha!’ moment can be an epiphany instead of an exclamation. It’s the expression that is expressed when you suddenly realize something. Can you relate
Anaphora is one of those figures of speech that you have already used quite often while speaking / writing, but you have no idea you
