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making strange

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Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

The literary device of presenting familiar things in an unfamiliar way to provoke renewed perception

Detailed Definition
Making strange (or defamiliarization) is a poetic technique that renders familiar objects, ideas, or language unfamiliar through unusual diction, syntax, or perspective, forcing readers to perceive anew; pioneered by Russian Formalists, it underpins much modernist and avant-garde poetry, from Gertrude Stein to contemporary experimental verse.
Example
Example in poetry:
making strange (A technique of presenting common things in an unfamiliar or alienating way to prompt fresh perception, often called defamiliarization); Describing a clock not as a time-teller but as a "circular machine that clicks and counts the death of light"; Describing a flower as a "green-stemmed trumpet"
Additional Notes
The literary technique of presenting familiar things in an unfamiliar or strange way, forcing the audience to perceive them anew; a concept from Russian Formalism (Victor Shklovsky: ostranenie); aims to disrupt habituated perception.
Also Known As
Defamiliarization Estrangement Making it strange Estrangement device
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