When we use a conjunction such as "but" or "yet" to dramatically interrupt the rhythm of a sentence.
What's this literary device called?
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Sign up to join this communityWhen we use a conjunction such as "but" or "yet" to dramatically interrupt the rhythm of a sentence.
What's this literary device called?
This is called the Oppositional/Contrastive relationship:
One way to look at the oppositional or contrastive relationship is as the opposite of the additive relationship. In other words, the speaker, having mentioned one thing, wants to go on to talk about something else which contrasts with and is often in opposition to the first thing. Conjunctions and the Oppositional or Contrastitive Relationship
The following conjunctions are used to express the oppositional/contrastive relationship:
- but
- although
- even
- though
- though
- whereas
- while
- either . . . or
I've just found out that it's called "disjunction"