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DEVIATIO
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 In stylistics, a semantic deviation describes the
ambiguousness of phrases and words used in a
sentence. Therefore, semantic deviation serves as the
heart of literary work because it enables people to
understand the different meanings of contexts used in
certain literature work.
 PERSONIFICA
TION
The attribution of a personal nature or human
characteristics to something nonhuman, or the
representation of an abstract quality in human form.
EXAMPLE:The sun smiled
at me.
YPERBOLE
Is a rhetorical and literary technique where an author or
speaker intentionally uses exaggeration and overstatement
for emphasis and effect.
“I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you
EXAMPLE: Till China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the
mountain
METAPHOR
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two
seemingly unrelated things or ideas by stating that one
thing is another.
EXAMPLE:
He’s a shining
star.
 IRONY
Irony is a literary or rhetorical device that involves a
contradiction or incongruity between what is
expected or intended and what actually occurs or is
said.
EXAMPLE: What a beautiful day for a
picnic.
SYNECDOCH
E represent the whole.
Is a figure of speech in which a part is made to

EXAMPLE:He is planning to hire some

more hands
PARADOX
Paradox is a situation or statement that seems impossible
or is difficult to understand because it contains two
opposite facts or characteristics.
EXAMPLE:Drinking a lot of water can often make
you feel thirsty.