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Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
A non sequitur (English: / n ɒ n ˈ s ɛ k w ɪ t ər / non SEK-wit-ər, Classical Latin: [noːn ˈsɛkᶣɪtʊr]; "[it] does not follow") is a conversational literary device, often used for comedic purposes.
Uses of figurative language, or figures of speech, can take multiple forms, such as simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and many others. [12] Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature says that figurative language can be classified in five categories: resemblance or relationship, emphasis or understatement, figures of sound, verbal games, and errors.
The term philology is derived from the Greek φιλολογία (philología), [7] from the terms φίλος (phílos) 'love, affection, loved, beloved, dear, friend' and λόγος (lógos) 'word, articulation, reason', describing a love of learning, of literature, as well as of argument and reasoning, reflecting the range of activities included under the notion of λόγος.
A literary genre is a category of literature.Genres may be determined by literary technique, tone, content, or length (especially for fiction).They generally move from more abstract, encompassing classes, which are then further sub-divided into more concrete distinctions. [1]
The term trope derives from the Greek τρόπος (tropos), 'a turn, a change', [8] related to the root of the verb τρέπειν (trepein), 'to turn, to direct, to alter, to change'; [6] this means that the term is used metaphorically to denote, among other things, metaphorical language.
Literary nonsense (or nonsense literature) is a broad categorization of literature that balances elements that make sense with some that do not, with the effect of subverting language conventions or logical reasoning. [1] Even though the most well-known form of literary nonsense is nonsense verse, the genre is present in many forms of literature.
Dante Meditating on the Divine Comedy.Jean-Jacques Feuchère, 1843. Literary fiction, mainstream fiction, non-genre fiction, serious fiction, [1] high literature, [2] artistic literature, [2] and sometimes just literature, [2] are labels that, in the book trade, refer to market novels that do not fit neatly into an established genre (see genre fiction) or, otherwise, refer to novels that are ...