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Definition:is a comparison between two things that are similar in some way but are otherwise dissimilar.
Example:Just as a sword I the weapon of a warrior, a pen is the weapon of a writer.
More info:We use analogy in our everyday conversation.
Analogy
Definition: is a noun or pronoun that identifies or renames another noun or pronoun.
Example: Reliable, Diane’s eleven-year-old beagle, chews holes in the living room carpeting as if he were still a puppy.
More info: From the Latin, “to put near”
Appositive
Definition:a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
Example:Lula: I wants to know why you bringing’ white chillun to nigger church.
Translation: I want to know why you are bringing white children to a church for Negroes.
More info:There are plenty of examples in the literature that show the best usage of dialect as a literary device, one of them is Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn where he used exaggerated dialect to distinguish between the characters
Dialect
Definition:word for word exactly following the order or meaning of a word or text.
Example:It is time to feed the cats and dogs.’ This phrase ‘cats and dogs’ is used in a literal sense, for the animals are hungry and it is time to eat.
More info:Origin:1350–1400; Middle English
Literal
Definition: is any type of writing that is primarily concerned with relating an event or a series of events.
Example: Narration can be found in any form of literature, including plays, short stories, poems, novels, or even jokes. They are considered narration, or narrative, as long as they tell a story.
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Narrative Writing
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Definition:a piece of writing or other work reflecting such unauthorized use or imitation: “These two manuscripts are clearly plagiarisms,” the editor said, tossing them angrily on the floor.
Example:the footnote without quotation marks
More info:1621, from L. plagiarius “kidnapper, seducer, plunderer,” used in the sense of “literary thief” by Martial, from plagium “kidnapping,” from plaga “snare, net,” from PIE base *p(e)lag- “flat, spread out.” Plagiary is attested from 1597.
Plagiarism
