literary devices

---- is a Lit. dev. wherein the author interrupts the story steps away from the text and speaks out to the reader

“A knave, a rascal; an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy,

“What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young.” – George Bernard Shaw.

--- serve as oblique allusions and  they are indirect and generally used to attack or insult sb or sth

---- is a literary device wherein the author places a person, concept, place, idea or theme parallel to another.

“not the brightest bulb” “not a beauty” instead of saying respectively idiot, ugly

refers to misusing words by substituting words with similar sounding words having different, often unconnected meaning.

 William Shakespeare’s playJulius Caesar: Brutus: “Peace! Count the clock.”

You can take the patriot out of the country but you cannot take the country out of the patriot.

O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. ...., O LORD, how long?”

Gone to heaven – This is a polite way to say that someone is dead.

O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth.

A boiled egg every morning is hard to beat.

The word “sails” refers to a whole ship.

“I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.” (Mark Twain)

“Alexander the Great” is the ---- commonly used to refer to Alexander III of Macedon.

In a novel a character dies in rain. Earlier she says she is afraid of seeing himself dead in rain.

 It is the practice of substituting the main word with a word that is closely linked to it.

Instead of simply saying “I am displeased with your behavior”, one can say, “the manner in which you have conducted ...

 "it might have been one small step for a man but it was one giant leap for mankind."

 “Marge and Susan and Anne and Daisy all planned to go for a picnic”, instead of “Marge, Susan, Anne, and Daisy

An example is saying "The Lord is a shoving leopard" instead of "The Lord is a loving shepherd."

“The wise owl” “The warm and comforting fire”

A pilot has a fear of heights.

The purpose of using a ---- is to create a dramatic pause, which has a strong impact.

‘By thy long grey beard and glittering eye, Now wherefore stopp’st thou me?