Literary notes about Emphasis (AI summary)
In literature, "emphasis" functions as a vital tool to draw attention, shape tone, and layer meaning. Writers sometimes deploy deliberate verbal or typographical cues to signal importance, as when a character repeats a word or renders a phrase with a noticeably altered tone—as seen when a word is spoken with deliberate stress ([1], [2]). At times, the use of emphasis not only highlights key attributes or dramatic moments ([3], [4]) but also serves as a subtle guide for intonation or rhythm within a sentence ([5], [6]). This technique, whether employed to underscore irony, evoke emotional intensity, or create a rhythmic structure, enriches the reader’s experience by imbuing language with both precision and nuance ([7], [8]).
- “It is beautiful,” she repeated, with emphasis, after a pause.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London - whispered Lady Ashby, with bitter emphasis, as he slowly trotted by.
— from Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë - I do not repeat my words, for my intention was conveyed more in accent, emphasis, and manner, than speech.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales by Bret Harte - ‘I have met this gentleman before,’ said the Doctor, with marked emphasis.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - Ἀλλά also serves to introduce a sentence with keenness and emphasis, Ro. 6.5; 7.7. Phil.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield - The form sē is sometimes doubled, sēsē , for emphasis.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - With emphasis Marseilles demands the like.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle - Accentuation and Emphasis are present in every perception we have.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James
