literally devices Flashcards

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purpose of literary devices

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allows writers to convey a deeper meaning

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used when a character or a speaker addresses someone who is not present or personified

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apostrophe

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represent and abstract/concept/idea

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symbolism

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an object/concept is referred not by its own name, but instead something that is closely related with it

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metonomy

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word for a small component for the whole

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synecdoche

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two contradicting meanings of the same situation, speaker means something different from what they are saying

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irony

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oxymoron

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combine 2 contrasting words to give a deeper meaning

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alliteration

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repitition of initial consonant sound in words that are in close proximity of eachoother

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assonance

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repitition of similar vowel sounds in two or more words in close proximity of each other

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