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Literary Devices Litotes, Alliteration, Burlesque

Literary Devices Litotes, Alliteration, Burlesque. By: Vikas Ralmilay. Litotes. An understatement for rhetorical effect achieved when using negation in position of using an antonym of that term.

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Literary Devices Litotes, Alliteration, Burlesque

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  1. Literary DevicesLitotes, Alliteration, Burlesque By: VikasRalmilay

  2. Litotes • An understatement for rhetorical effect achieved when using negation in position of using an antonym of that term. • Function: to achieve rhetorical effect, retain the effect of understatement, or to intensify an expression. • Examples: • Intense heat is very common in desert. • Intense heat is not rare in desert. • No small victory. • “I wasn’t a little upset”, instead of “I was very upset”.

  3. Alliteration • Is the recurrence of initial consonant sounds or the combination of two or more words with same consonant sound or sound group. • Function : to unite or combine words and similar concepts through repetition and emphasize a particular thing. • Examples: • William went walking. • “Hot-hearted Beowulf was bent upon battle” - Beowulf. • She sells seashells by the seashore. • “I have stoodstill and stopped the sound of feet” – Robert Frost

  4. Burlesque • Work created to ridicule a style, literary form, or subject by trivial ways or by discussing the trivial in exalted terms with mock dignity. (imitation) Much like parody. • Function: is to imitate mockingly or humorously at a subject or matter. • Examples: • "always bringing junk . . . home, as if he were burlesquing his role as provider" -John Updike • The Beggar’s Opera- John Gay

  5. References: • "Examples of Alliteration Poems." YourDictionary. LoveToKnow, n.d. Web. 28 January 2012. <http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-alliteration-poems.html>. • Harris, Robert A. "Rhetoric6." VirtualSalt. Web. 06 Feb. 2012. <http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric6.htm>. • "Litotes." Examples Help. Web. 06 Feb. 2012. <http://www.examples-help.org.uk/litotes.htm>.

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