Revision history for TwitLit
Additions:
ShortForm
MicroNarrative
MicroNarrative
Additions:
parody - Try bending a well-known short form slogan. Reader needs to recall the source.
Additions:
advertising slogans
t-shirt slogan
bumper stickers
greeting cards
t-shirt slogan
bumper stickers
greeting cards
Deletions:
greeting card
Additions:
assonance, alliteration, anaphora (repetition of same word at beginning of clauses)
Deletions:
Additions:
==== rhetorical figures exercise ====
An exercise. Send at least one tweet using each of the forms or techniques below. For this exercise, you can let the form suggest the content. Take your time. Draft the tweet a few times until it's well-crafted. Give yourself a point for each.
rhyme
assonance, alliteration, anaphora (repetition of clauses)
asyndeton: lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.
catachresis -an odd or hard metaphor - a thirsty ear
the apparition of these faces in a crowd : petals on a wet black bough
encomium - speech of praise
antithesis - best of times, worst of times
paradox -
metonymy -
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CategoryExercise
An exercise. Send at least one tweet using each of the forms or techniques below. For this exercise, you can let the form suggest the content. Take your time. Draft the tweet a few times until it's well-crafted. Give yourself a point for each.
rhyme
assonance, alliteration, anaphora (repetition of clauses)
asyndeton: lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.
catachresis -an odd or hard metaphor - a thirsty ear
the apparition of these faces in a crowd : petals on a wet black bough
encomium - speech of praise
antithesis - best of times, worst of times
paradox -
metonymy -
...
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CategoryExercise
Deletions:
rhyme
assonance, rhyme, alliteration
anaphora,
Asyndeton: lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.
catachresis - hard metaphor - a thirsty ear
the apparition of these faces in a crowd ...
encomium - praise
antethesis - best of times, worst of times
paradox
metonymy
Additions:
Sometimes spontaneous, sometimes considered and crafted.
limericks
riddles
Borrow and adapt from these short forms.
limericks
riddles
Borrow and adapt from these short forms.
Deletions:
Borrow and adapt from short forms.
