English Devices Flashcards

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Symbolism

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Images, objects, persons, situations, or words that represent something else like an abstract idea

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Suspense

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A state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty of what may happen this can be created by music and lighting, dramatic irony foreshadowing… Cliffhanger or Asterix

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Irony

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Discrepancy between expectation and reality, dramatic, irony, verbal irony, and situational irony

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Foreshadowing

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Usually appears with being of a story and helps a reader develop expectations of coming events

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Flashback

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Used to show events in the past help answers, unanswered questions can bring closure to the plot

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Atmosphere

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The type of feeling that readers got from a narrative based on details such as setting background, objects and foreshadowing

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Mood

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How the reader feels when reading the peace

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Tone

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The intended mood from the author

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Juxtaposition position

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A person concept, place object theme or idea, place near another of the same kind for contrast or comparison

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Analogy

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Explaining an idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar, for example, example of the heart is a pump

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Motif

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A reoccurring object, image idea or symbol that develops or explains a theme in literary work

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