figurative language and literary devices Flashcards
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volta
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- shift/ turn in argument, theme, or tone of a poem
- most common in sonnets
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caesura
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- break within a line of poetry
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enjambment
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- phrase/sentence running over from one line to the next without punctuation at the end of the line
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heroic couplet
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- pair of rhymed lines in poems including an iambic pentameter
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quatrain
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- stanza consisting of four lines
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stanza
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- a group of lines in a poem
- ex) couplet 2 lines
-ex) quatrain 4 lines
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irony
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- contrast between what’s expected and what occurs
- verbal: speaker says something but means the opposite, sarcastic
- situational: When there is a significant difference between what is expected to happen in a given situation and what occurs, surprising
- dramatic: when the audience knows something that the characters don’t, tension
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imagery
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- descriptive language appealing to the human senses to create mental pictures for the reader
- sight, sound, touch, taste, smell
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simile
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- comparison between two things using like or as
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metaphor
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- comparison between two things NOT using like or as
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personification
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- figure of speech where human qualities are given to non-human things
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apostrophe
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- figure of speech where the speaker addresses someone absent, dead, or non-human as if it has the capability to respond
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idiom
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- phrase whose meaning isn’t literal but instead understood through common use
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pun
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- form of wordplay that exploits multiple meanings of a word or similar-sounding words to create a humorous or ironic effect
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onomatopoeia
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- words that imitate or resemble the sound of the object or action they describe
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diction
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- refers to the choice of words and style of expression used by an author or speaker
- contribute to the overall tone, mood, and meaning of a piece of writing
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metonymy
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- a literary device in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
- uses something related or connected to the original concept
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alliteration
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- involves the repetition of the same consonant sound in a line/sentence
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allusion
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- literary device that refers to a brief and indirect reference to a person, event, place, or work of art, typically from history, literature, mythology, religion, or culture
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theme
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- refers to the central idea, message, or underlying meaning that a writer explores in a literary work
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chremamorphism
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- a literary device that involves giving human qualities or attributes to objects or things that are not typically alive or human
- a form of personification
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oxymoron
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- a literary device in which two contradictory or opposite words or ideas are combined to create a paradoxical effect
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paradox
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- a statement or situation that seems self-contradictory or illogical on the surface but, upon closer inspection, reveals an underlying truth or makes sense in a deeper or more complex way
