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( d ) Figures of speech . Figurative language is as common in everyday speech as in literature , and has the effect of compounding or condensing ideas as well as underlining or emphasising them . It is a highly prized device because of ...
( d ) Figures of speech . Figurative language is as common in everyday speech as in literature , and has the effect of compounding or condensing ideas as well as underlining or emphasising them . It is a highly prized device because of ...
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Formality and measured emphasis can have still another use in dramatic speech besides contrast by understatement as in Shen Te's speech , or elevating , as in that of Cadmus . As required , both natural and artificial dialogue can be ...
Formality and measured emphasis can have still another use in dramatic speech besides contrast by understatement as in Shen Te's speech , or elevating , as in that of Cadmus . As required , both natural and artificial dialogue can be ...
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Figures of Speech In order to complete the discussion of style in chapter 2 , the question of figures of speech must be taken up in some detail . Figurative language surprises the reader because the statement or idea expressed does not ...
Figures of Speech In order to complete the discussion of style in chapter 2 , the question of figures of speech must be taken up in some detail . Figurative language surprises the reader because the statement or idea expressed does not ...
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Contents
The Nature of Literature and its Historical Tradition | 1 |
Narrative Fiction and the Printed Word | 39 |
Aesthetic Elements of Narrative Fiction | 48 |
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