resources+of+language

Resources Of Language
S. Kopp

This phrase refers to all the devices of composition available to a writer, such as diction, syntax, sentence structure, and figures of speech. The cumulative effect of a work is produced by the resources of language a writer chooses.
 * __Definition:__**

//Syntax://

//Diction:// style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words: //good diction.//
 * || the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language. ||

//Figures of Speech:// An expression that uses language in a nonliteral way, such as a metaphor or synecdoche, or in a structured or unusual way, such as anaphora or chiasmus, or that employs sounds, such as alliteration or assonance, to achieve a rhetorical effect.


 * Example:**

alliteration within the text: "Milton Mallard mailed a mangled mango." "Zigmund Zane zig-zagged through the zany zoo zone."

metaphor within the text: "All the world's a stage." (Shakespeare.)

Resources of language refers to what the author chooses to employ in his/her work. it includes a broad range of literary techniques, such as the ones in the examples above.

"Alliteration Lesson Plan." __SomeTwisters__. 4 Oct. 2004. Harris Middle School. 4 Apr 2007 <[|http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/1allitera.htm>.]

Mathias, Chantel. "Similes and Metaphors." 2000. English Resources. 3 Apr 2007 .

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