EXAM Literary Devices Flashcards
1
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Memior
A
Written BY them, only about one part of their life. (they don’t have to be famous)
2
Q
Biography
A
NOT written by them, but about them.
3
Q
Autobiography
A
Story of someone’s WHOLE life, written by them.
4
Q
Rymeskeme
A
The pattern of ryming in a text.
ABAB, AABB, AABBCC
5
Q
Personification
A
- Decribing somthing like it’s a
person, giving it human
attributes
Ex. The trees danced in the rain
6
Q
Simile
A
comparing things using like or as
Ex. As light as a feather
7
Q
Metephor
A
Comparing two unalike things like they are the same
Ex. She has a heart of gold
It’s the icing on the cake
8
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hyperbole
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An exagerated statment not ment to be taken litteraly
Ex. That took forever
