Epic - Figures of speech

Epic - Figures of speech

by Paola Ampudia

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What other figures of speech do you know?

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What are epic texts?

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​This type of text has as its central figure a character endowed with extraordinary qualities, there is often the presence of supernatural forces that configure the action and there is description of battles and great combats.

​In general, the compositions of the epic genre are extensive and are structured in parts called songs, chansons and rhapsodies. Songs and chansons are part of the epic poem and the virtues of a historical or legendary character are highlighted to extol his figure. The rhapsody is the segment of an epic poem that is recited independently of the whole of the work. In this type of texts, times, customs, feelings and beliefs of the peoples are described.

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What do you know about figures of speech?

​They are unconventional ways of using words to give them expressiveness, efficacy or beauty, in order to: excite, surprise, insinuate or persuade.

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Alliteration is the

of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables.

​Alliteration is the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables.

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A hyperbole is an overstatement that

a particular condition for emphasis.

A hyperbole is an overstatement that exaggerates a particular condition for emphasis.

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Repetition is a literary device that involves

using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work

Repetition is a literary device that involves intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work.

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An epithet is a

or descriptive term that’s added to someone’s name that becomes part of common usage.

An epithet is a nickname or descriptive term that’s added to someone’s name that becomes part of common usage.

​Culen of Scotland, the Whelp

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Constantine XI, the Sleeping King

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Constantine II of Greece, the King Without a Country

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Christina of Sweden, the Snow Queen

Charles Howard, the Drunken Duke