• Personification: Personification is a figure of speech where non-human objects are given human traits and qualities.

Example- Strode after me. With trembling oars I turned,

• Simile: A simile is a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two things by using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.

Example- Went heaving through the water like a swan;

• Repetition: Repetition is a literary device in which a word or phrase is repeated two or more times.

Example- Of Sea or sky, no colours of green fields;

• Alliteration: Alliteration is when two or more words that start with the same sound are used repeatedly in a phrase or a sentence.

Example- Like living men, moved slowly through the mind

• Imagery: Imagery can be defined as a writer or speaker’s use of words or figures of speech to create a vivid mental picture or physical sensation.

Example- Small circles glittering idly in the moon,

Stolen Boat Summary

• Tautology– use of different words to state the same thing. In wondrous merry mood- Here, the words wondrous and merry mean the same thing. And saw him peep within- The words saw and peep means the same thing.

• Repetition– Words or phrases are repeated for poetic effect. They were so queer, so very queer- Here, The word ‘queer’ is repeated two times for poetic effect.

• Inversion– The normal order of words is reversed, in order to achieve a particular effect of emphasis or meter. A sober man am I- Use of inversion for emphasis.

• Alliteration– Use of the same sound at the start of two words which are close in series. The grin grew broad- The sound of  ‘g’ is repeated twice for poetic effect.

• Hyperbole– A literary device used as exaggeration for a poetic effect. And shot from ear to ear- The wideness of the grin is exaggerated to show that servant found the poem to funny.

• Onomatopoeia– A word that describes a sound. He broke into a roar- the word roar denotes the sound of laughter.

• Transferred Epithet– A literary device that describes a person, place or object by accompanying it with an adjective. Ten days and nights with sleepless eye- the eye has not been said to be sleepless. The adjective or the modifier ‘sleepless’ describes the type of eye the speaker has been experiencing.

The Height of the Ridiculous Summary

• Alliteration- Use of consonant sound at the start of two words which are close in series Worthless without it. The sound of ‘w’ is repeated. Strength and sagacity. The sound of ‘s’ is repeated. Body or brain. The sound of ‘b’ is repeated. Besiege and beset it. The sound of ‘b’ is repeated.

• Antithesis- Contrasting or combining two terms. Work day and night. The words ‘day’ and ‘night’ suggest two different ideas.

• Climax– It is a figure of speech in which successive words or sentences are arranged in ascending order of importance. Give up your time your peace and your sleep– a set of successive words capacity, strength and sagacity, faith, hope and confidence and stern for tenacity, poverty, famish or gout

• Repetition-If you gladly sweat for, fret for and plan for it and lose all your terror of the opposition for it- the word ‘for’ is repeated, or sickness or pain- the word ‘or’ is repeated.

• Tautology- It is the use of different words to say the same thing twice in the same statement. Worthless and useless- two different words with the same meaning. poverty, famish or gout, dogged and grim

Will to Win summary