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... device may be introduced in combination ) ; these are words designed to soothe the reader , make him feel ... devices have been singled out for notice at this point because they are very com- mon and because their unfairness is so easily ...
... device may be introduced in combination ) ; these are words designed to soothe the reader , make him feel ... devices have been singled out for notice at this point because they are very com- mon and because their unfairness is so easily ...
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... device of dead - pan humor brings us naturally to another aspect of tone , one which causes more trouble to the inexpe- rienced reader than any other . We are speaking of irony , in which the writer expresses one thing and means ...
... device of dead - pan humor brings us naturally to another aspect of tone , one which causes more trouble to the inexpe- rienced reader than any other . We are speaking of irony , in which the writer expresses one thing and means ...
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... device litotes ) : " He's not a bad marksman " actually means , not only that he's a fair marksman , but a decidedly good one . * Overstatement , on the other hand , requires us to tone down our response . When we read that a pianist's ...
... device litotes ) : " He's not a bad marksman " actually means , not only that he's a fair marksman , but a decidedly good one . * Overstatement , on the other hand , requires us to tone down our response . When we read that a pianist's ...
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Denotation and Connotation | 1 |
Diction | 55 |
Other Determinants of Tone | 130 |
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