Reading strategies: Stylistic devices

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Examples of stylistic devices

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Download and print the document "Stylistic Devices" from your studiewijzer. This document is part of your test!

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CITO has made it a habit of asking questions about stylistic devices! Here's an example from the exam of 2019:

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And the correct answer is ...
1 c
2 d

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What's a eufemism?

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Paragraaf 4:
So how do people assign traits to an object? In part, we rely on appearances. On humans, wide faces are associated with dominance. Similarly, people rated cars, clocks, and watches with wide faces as more dominant-looking than narrow-faced ones, and preferred them ─ especially in competitive situations (like confronting a former bully at a school reunion). An analysis of car sales in Germany found that cars with grilles that were upturned like smiles and headlights that were slanted like
narrowed eyes sold best. The purchasers saw these features as increasing a car's friendliness and aggressiveness, respectively. 
Here's another
from 2021:

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2021 TV 1 vraag 36
36   Which of the following observations about anthropomorphism is mentioned in this article?
A Endowing an object with a personality makes it harder to replace it.
B People attribute character traits to objects based on the human-like
features they perceive.
C Personalising an object renders it worthy of moral considerations.
D We feel increasingly uncomfortable with machines displaying humanlike behaviour. 

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The correct anwer:

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Personification

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Assignment
Click on the link on the following slide and study texts 10 and 11. Using your Stylistic Devices document from your studiewijzer, identify the stylistic devices used in these texts. 

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Now you're fully prepared to answer the first question of text 7. (and while you're at it; also answer the other questions of this text).
To get you in the mood.
!!!! First consider (sub)title, picture, words in capitals and italics.
What is this text about?

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You're good to go!

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