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Peer reviewedNilsen, Don L. F. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1987
Discusses diverse examples of literary devices by comparing metaphor and humor. Defines and illustrates paronomasia, paradox, oxymoron, anacoluthon, zeugma, parody, jargon, satire, conceit, anachronism, hyperbole, cacography, understatement, and doggerel. A humorous appendix contrasts errors with rhetorical devices. (NKA)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, English Instruction, Higher Education, Humor
