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THE USAGE OF STYLISTIC
DEVICES IN MODERN SPORTSREPORTING (based on the sou!e
"ate#a$ #n En%$#sh&$an%ua%e
"a%a'#nes and nes)a)es*
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"Sport has the power to change the world…ithas the power to inspire. It has the power tounite people in a way that little else does. It
speaks to youth in a language they understand.Sport can create hope where once there wasonly despair. It is more powerful thangovernment in breaking down racial barriers."
Ne$son Mande$a
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In modern sports discourse, it ispossible to identify a large number of
dierent stylistic devices, but we havechosen to devote attention to thosewhich appear most frequently:
metonymy, metaphor, irony,hyperbole, simile, and alliteration.
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41 (newspaper maga!ines" # 1$$
e%amples
METAPH
ORSIMIL
E METONY
MY IRONY HYPERB
OLEALLITERATION
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I - METAPHOR
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I've been spending a little bit of time this seasontalking about garbage time. [SB ation! ov #!$#%& •er mother! atalie (al)Bello! has now defended
her daughter*s actions in an interview with +heerald Sun. She said, -Belle told a white lie! aged$)and)a)half. So what/ [Independent! 0ul$1!$#%&.
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II - SIMILE
Our greatest sports star: McAuleywas as brave as a lion. &BelfastTelegraph, 'ec 1$, $14)Sly as a fox, Pawluovich wins !"race in Bel Air. &The #rish Ti$es, *an+, $1)
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III - METONYMY
- Arsenal prepare %eal for &'($ $ostintelligent player in )urope. &Soccerlens, /ov1, $1)
*aney feels the +unners nee% to prove their%oubters wrong next season by believing intheir own talent an% utilising the whole sua%. & Arsenal, /ov , $11)
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IV - HYPERBOLE
-ristiano onal%o says he is the best footballer inthe worl% an% co$parable with the ga$e/s all0ti$e greats. &BB-, /ov , $1)
unning at the Spee% of Soun%1 Bu2 -hris Martinsports sin0tight blac leggings as he e$bars onfast0pace% 3og. &Mail Online, *un 0, $1)
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V - ALLITERATION
4a55ling 4eulofeu runs rings aroun% ragge%6Boro7. &Breaing 8ews, 'ec 1, $1)Tiger 9oo%s, i$ ;ury an% Steve Stricer na$e%
as Tea$ <SA y%er -up vice captains. &Mirror,/ov 1, $1)
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VI - IRONY
os= Mourinho a%$its -helsea players havebeen 6afrai% of the ball7. &The +uar%ian, 2ep1, $1)9ales uali>e% for their >rst $a3ortourna$ent since ?@! %espite losing (0to Bosnia C Der5egovina an% +areth Bale%escribe% it as the best loss of his life. &Sy
Sports, 3ct 11, $1)
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