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ENGLISH- LITERARY DEVICES Flashcards

LITERARY DEVICES

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inversion of the usual order of words for emphasis or poetic effect

balihon ang SVO murag karaniwang ayos

‘Powerful you have become; the dark side I sense in you.”

naay semicolon or comma (; and ,)

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ANASTROPHE

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placing 2 or more ideas, characters or setting side by side to highlight differences or create contrast

naay “and” opposite words

Sweet and Sour
Night and day
Good and evil
Justice and revenge
War and peace
Humanity and technology
Vice and virtue
Family and outsider

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JUXTAPOSITION

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non human entities are DESCRIBED with human characteristics

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PERSONIFICATION

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an error in chronology where a person or thing placed in the wrong timeline

wrong use of objects or anything in a wrong time

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ANACHRONISM

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knowledge of what will happen in the story

ex. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is perhaps one of the most famous examples of flash forward being prominently used in a storyline. Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come which shows Scrooge what his future is going to look like unless he changes his ways.

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FLASHFORWARD

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choice of words and style of expression

types of diction: Archaic diction, Formal diction, Colloquial diction, Poetic diction, Concrete diction, Abstract diction, slang

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DICTION

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recurring element, theme or idea in a literary work

balik-balik

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MOTIF

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use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities

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SYMBOLISM

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expectation vs. reality; opposite to real meaning

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IRONY

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mild and indirect expression used in place of one that is harsh or blunt

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EUPHEMISM

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imitate natural sounds of objects

Ex.
Nature: Splash, gurgle, drip, sprinkle, rustle, howl, gush
Objects: Clink, clatter, clang, bang, beep, buzz, chug, click, ding, honk, hum, zap
Animals: Meow, bark, hiss, snarl, purr
Other: Crackle, boom, sizzle, swish, atishoo

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ONOMATOPEIA

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exaggerated statement or claim not to be taken literally

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HYPERBOLE

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indicates or hints at what is to come later in the story

ex. I dreamt a dram tonight - Romeo and Juliet

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FORESHADOWING

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mental pictures and engage the senses

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IMAGERY

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narratives that uses characters and events to symbolize broader themes and messages OFTEN MORAL OR POLITICAL

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ALLLEGORY

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direct comparison of two unrelated things by stating that one is the other

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METAPHOR

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comparison between two different things to HIGHLIGHT SOME SIMILARITY to explain idea

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ANALOGY

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indirect reference to a person, place event or literary work

Ex.
to me, his grin is like kryptonite: Superman’s weakness.

She had the feeling she had a golden ticket: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

He’s young, scrappy, and eager: Hamilton.

I wish I could click my heels together: The Wizard of Oz.

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ALLUSION

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repetition of CONSONANT sounds
Ex.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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ALLITERATION

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repetition of VOWEL sounds within nearby words

ex. Chips and dips (Repetition of the /i/ vowel sound)

Surf and turf (Repetition of the /u/ vowel sound)

Go slow over the road (Repetition of the short /o/ vowel sound)

Do good have good (Repetition of the /oo/ vowel sound)

No pain, no gain (Repetition of the /ai/ vowel sound)

enclosed gyud siya sa word bali

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ASSONANCE

19
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compact paradox; contradictory terms in conjunction

bittersweet
hateful love
Seriously funny

two opposite words nga nag sunod or either nagsumpay

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OXYMORON

20
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repeated word appears at the END OF SUCCESSIVE LINES

“Where now? Who now? When now?
(Balik2 ang NOW)

of the people, by the people, for the people

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EPHIPORA

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repetition of the FIRST PART OF THE SENTENCE

it was the best, it was the worst, it was the age (WAS balik2)

You’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t.
(edi Damned)

I am fearfully, I am wonderfully made (Yizzz I AM)

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ANAPHORA

21
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two opposite ideas and a contrast that makes logical sense

ex. to ERR is human, to FORGIVE is divine (MARIS?)

when the RICH wage war it is the POOR who die

Hope for the BEST prepare for the WORST.

Keep your mouth CLOSED and your eyes OPEN.

It was the BEST of times, it was the WORST of times

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ANTITHESIS

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Non human entities consciously BEHAVING like a HUMAN

Winnie the pooh
Tom and Jerry

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ANTHROMORPHISM

23
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statement that seems self contradictory or logically unacceptable

murag word game

In a town with one barber, the barber only shaves men who don’t shave themselves, but who shaves the barber?

The idea that it would be impossible to travel from one point to another because you can only travel halfway there first.
You have to spend money to make money.

KANANG MAKA “HA?” KA hahhaha

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PARADOX

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interrupts the chronological flow of the story to present events that occurred at an earlier time

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FLASHBACKS

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