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1. blog.prepscholar.com › list-of-literary-devicesThe 31 Literary Devices You Must Know · PrepScholar

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   • Allegory. An allegory is a story that is used to represent a more general message about real-life (historical) issues and/or events. It is typically an entire book, novel, play, etc.
   • Alliteration. Alliteration is a series of words or phrases that all (or almost all) start with the same sound. These sounds are typically consonants to give more stress to that syllable.
   • Allusion. Allusion is when an author makes an indirect reference to a figure, place, event, or idea originating from outside the text. Many allusions make reference to previous works of literature or art.
   • Anachronism. An anachronism occurs when there is an (intentional) error in the chronology or timeline of a text. This could be a character who appears in a different time period than when he actually lived, or a technology that appears before it was invented.

2. sophie-writes.com › 2018/05/31 › historical-fictionHistorical Fiction Tools: Elizabethan Swearing, Cursing and ...

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   May 31, 2018 · Elizabethan Insults Elizabethans sure knew how to bandy around the insults. A lot of insults are based on social status but your moral character could also be called into question (and given that a lot of your business or indeed your dignity would have relied on your ability to make an oath before God and have it believed) this was a pretty damning insult to men and women alike.

3. nosweatshakespeare.com › resources › shakespeare-insultsShakespeare Insults: 55 Shakespearean Insults & Put Downs

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   • “A most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality.” All’s Well That Ends Well (Act 3, Scene 6)
   • “Away, you starvelling, you elf-skin, you dried neat’s-tongue, bull’s-pizzle, you stock-fish!” Henry IV Part 1 (Act 2, Scene 4)
   • “Away, you three-inch fool! “ The Taming of the Shrew (Act 4, Scene 1)
   • “Come, come, you froward and unable worms!” The Taming Of The Shrew (Act 5, Scene 2)

4. www.oed.com › dictionary › insult_ninsult, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

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   OED's earliest evidence for insult is from 1603, in a translation by Philemon Holland, translator. It is also recorded as a verb from the late 1500s. insult is of multiple origins. Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French insult; Latin insultus. See etymology.

5. shakespearerevels.net › teninsultsMastering the Art of Verbal Jousting: Shakespeare's Top Ten ...

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   1. "Thou clay-brained guts, thou knotty-pated fool! The insult "Thou clay-brained guts, thou knotty-pated fool!" is a striking example of Shakespeare's ability to craft insults that not only convey disdain but also showcase his linguistic prowess. This insult is a playful yet biting combination of creative imagery and sharp words.

6. journals.openedition.org › shakespeare › 2813From A to “Z”: writing a dictionary of Shakespeare’s insults

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   10 That is why this dictionary needs to be a “pragmatic dictionary”. 2. A pragmatic dictionary. 11 When writing a dictionary of Shakespeare’s insults, one is led to isolate words that are bound to be considered and studied in specific contexts of enunciation.

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   Is there a dictionary of Shakespeare's insults?

   • Yet, there has never been any scholarly dictionary of Shakespeare’s insults. It is a “bankable”, because entertaining, topic, but the pleasure of insults seems to prevail over their study. This aspect of Shakespeare’s art has so far been mostly reduced to entertaining collections of anthologies.

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   Can a word become an insult?

   • Language is contaminated by reality, words becoming pregnant with connotations. It is precisely what happens to the word “honest” 35 in Othello. 16 If any word can become an insult, then what is the point of writing a dictionary of insults? Insults should perhaps best be analysed through a thematic approach rather than a lexical one.

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   Do insults exist if they are interpreted?

   • Insults precisely exist only when they are interpreted. There’s no insult without interpretation. This example also illustrates how insults may oscillate between a playful mode and a serious mode, being both abuse, or “no abuse” 24 (as Falstaff says in 2 Henry IV, ii.iv.316), depending on the way they are delivered or received.

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   Are Shakespeare's insults scientific?

   • The purpose of this study is to present the theoretical bases of a work in progress, the author’s forthcoming dictionary of Shakespeare’s insults. If Shakespeare’s insults have so far produced bankable entertaining anthologies of wit, they have not been the object of any systematic scientific research.

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   Do insulting words need to be elucidated?

   • They suggest that insulting words do not need to be elucidated and yet need to be, that a word of abuse can be meaningful and at the same time meaningless, specific and non specific, a word and a deed.

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   What are the four basic features of insults?

   • 23 Jean-Jacques Lecercle defines four basic features about insults: 1. Insults show that the first function of language is not to exchange information but to name (naming). 2. They are a form of speech act. 3. They can hurt, which shows the materiality of language.

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8. literaryterms.net › invectiveInvective: Definition and Examples | LiteraryTerms.net

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   Invective is the literary device in which one attacks or insults a person or thing through the use of abusive language and tone. Invective is often accompanied by negative emotion. Invective can be divided into two types: high and low invective. High invective requires the use of formal and creative language.