"grunting" - 1 õppematerjal

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5) Other cases Bathos is ruining a solemn effect by bringing together unrelated elements. The later are: · Words belonging to different stylistic groups--colloquial and literary words together (I aint discussing it with my parent) · Using colloquial words when speaking about famous people (That Shakespeare chap) · Mentioning a down-to-earth object side by side with something lofty (they were kissing passionately. The pigs were grunting loudly) Bathos adds humor and irony. Allusion is a reference to something presumably known to the reader--to literature, history, mythology, facts of everyday life, etc. Usually, no indication of source is given. Normally they create festive, solemn implications, but many also result humour if used inappropriately. Often allusions are lost in a text, they are not supplied with the quotation marks. (Mary's lamb--nursery rhyme, Commander Statue--Don Juan)