Literally devices Flashcards
Where animals or inanimate objects are portrayed in a story as people
Anthropomorphism
Non rhyming poetry
Blank verse
Exaggeration or alteration of objective facts or reality for the purpose of enhancing meaning in a fictional context
Creative license
Where characters speak to one another
Dialogue
Where an author interrupts a story in order to explain something
Exposition
Where the audience knows something the character doesn’t
Dramatic irony
Any use of language where the intended meaning differs from the actual meaning
Figurative language
Where the future events in a story are suggested by the author before they happen
Foreshadowing
A description which exaggerates
Hyperbole
Poetry written with each line containing 10 syllables
Iambic pentameter
Language which describes something in detail
Imagery
Where an event occurs which is unexpected
Situational irony
A direct relationship where one thing or idea substitutes for another
Metaphor
Where sounds are spelled as words
Onomatopoeia
A contradiction in terms
Oxymoron
Where a situation is created which cannot possibly exist
Paradox
Use of similar or identical language
Parallelism
Where inanimate objects or abstract concepts are given human self awareness
Personification
Where a specific word or phrase is repeated several times
Repetition
Like or as
Simile
The use of a specific object slot or images to represent an idea
Symbolism
Where the meaning is intended to be the exact opposite of what the words actually mean
Verbal irony
