Stylistic Devices – Epigram

Stylistic Devices – Epigram

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What is an epigram?

An epigram refers to a concise, witty, memorable, and sometimes surprising or satirical statement. The origin of the word epigram is Greek, from epigraphein (epi- + graphein to write)

Examples

Some examples of epigram are listed below:

• The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.”
  (Tacitus)
• “I am not young enough to know everything.”
  (Oscar Wilde)
• “Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.”
  (Oscar Wilde)
• “I can resist everything but temptation.” – Oscar Wilde
• “Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put and end to mankind.” – John F. Kennedy
• “No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.”
  (Groucho Marx)

List of Figures of Speech in the English Language – Literary Devices
Accumulation	Climax	Metalepsis
Adjunction	Dysphemism	Metaphor
Adnomination	Ellipsis	Metonymy
Alliteration	Euphemism	Simile
Allusion	Epigram	Synecdoche
Anaphora	Epiphora (or epistrophe)	Tautology
Antanaclasis	Hyperbole	Understatement
Anticlimax	Hypophora	Zeugma and syllepsis
Antiphrasis	Irony
Antithesis	Litotes
Apostrophe	Oxymoron
Assonance	Personification
Cataphora	Puns
Chiasmus	Merism

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