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Understanding Mixed Metaphors, Epithets, and Innuendos in Literature

Explore the world of literary devices with a focus on mixed metaphors, epithets, and innuendos. Mixed metaphors combine incongruous comparisons for comic effect, often highlighting absurdities in language. Epithets serve to characterize individuals or concepts creatively, while innuendos provide subtle, often derogatory insinuations. Examples like "the Great Emancipator" or Shakespeare's "star-crossed lovers" enrich our understanding of language in literature. Learn how these devices shape narratives and evoke emotions in readers.

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Understanding Mixed Metaphors, Epithets, and Innuendos in Literature

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  1. Literary Devices By Megan Cai

  2. Mixed Metaphor • A succession of incongruous or ludicrous comparisons; metaphors jumbled together illogically • Function: Usually for comic effect to expose clichés and parody metaphors • Examples: • “Wake up and smell the coffee.” + “Read the writing on the wall.” = “Wake up and smell the coffee on the wall.” • "All at once he was alone in this noisy hive with no place to roost.” (Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities)

  3. Epithet • A term used to characterize a person or thing or a descriptive substitute for the name of a person • Function: glorify people; evoke associations and feelings toward a subject; imagery • Examples: • “The Great Emancipator” Abraham Lincoln • “Catherine the Great” • “whale-road” (Beowulf) • “wine-dark sea” (Homer) • “star-crossed lovers” (Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare)

  4. Innuendo • A subtle or indirect observation about a person or thing, usually of a derogatory nature; an insinuation • Function: make an inappropriate remark indirectly; euphemism • Example: • “Lady, shall I lie in your lap?” (Hamlet, Shakespeare)

  5. References • http://grammar.about.com/od/qaaboutrhetoric/f/QAmixmetaphor.htm • http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/mixed-metaphors.aspx • http://grammar.about.com/od/mo/g/mixmetterm.htm • http://grammar.about.com/od/il/g/innuendo.htm • http://grammar.about.com/od/e/g/epitheterm.htm

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