English litetuatry devices Flashcards

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Repetiton

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Reapeating/doing something more tha once meaning having words be reapted in a sentence.

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Symbolism

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A person, situation, or object/item that helps represent an idea of some sort. (In the Landlady we saw yellow Chrystanums which are a type of flower that helped symbolise death)

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Simile

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Comparing two things to give a more vivid picture to readers WITH like or as

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Metaphor

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Without using like or as to describe one thing by comparing another

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Oxymoron

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Two opposite words right next to each other (EX: Bright smoke or peaceful war)

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Anaphora

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Repetition of phrases or words to create a statement or emphasis. (EX: I have a dream… I have a dream… I have a dream..)

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Juxtaposition/antithesis

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When two contrasting ideas are next to one and another, to create emphasis (EX: A tiny cat is sitting on a rug next to a big dog)

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Aliteration

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Where words in a sentence or phrase start with the same sound/letter.(Peter pipper picked a pepper)

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Siblance

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S or SH being used to create a hissing or rushing sound in poetry

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Flashback

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is a suddent and vivid rembrance of a past exprience, usually triggered by smell or an object or a sound…exct exct

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Anedocte

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Another word for dialoug betwhen two charecters

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Persofication

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When we give human charectristics to non-living objects. (EX: The trees waved through the strong wind or the clouds cried tears of rain0

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PLE

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Is three perssuasive techniques used in speechs or markiting or ads mostly, they stand for Pathos, Logos, and Ethos.

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Pathos

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A purssasive technique that uses stricking up emotions in people to persuade them on something. (EX: An ad with crying children begging for donations and food)

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Logos

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A pursswasive technique that uses logic meaning precentages and satistics to purswade people. (There is a 50 precent chance of dying if we dont act now)

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Ethos

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Using famous people, companies, and so on to convince people. ( EX: Tom Holland advertising toothpaste and saying how good it is or a women using NASA to prove a point about global warming)