Devices Flashcards
1
Q
Anagnorisis
A
moment (usually in a play) where characters find out the identities of other characters
2
Q
Epigraph
A
intertextual reference at the start of a book
3
Q
Anadiplosis
A
A word being repeated at the start and end of a sentence ‘anger returned, a rage of anger’
4
Q
Motif
A
A recurring idea that changes throughout
5
Q
Superlative
A
The most of something (‘remotest of the Orkneys’)
6
Q
Symbolism
A
Used to represent a recurring idea that does not change
7
Q
Hamartia
A
Fatal flaw of a character
