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Literary devices Flashcards

1
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a story with a hidden meaning (neigbours throwing rocks at each other – war of neighbouring countries)

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allegory

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2
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a sound at the beginning of the words

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alliteration

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3
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expression for something without mentioning it explicitly (stop being such a Scrooge!)

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allusion

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4
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comparison (Life is like a box of chocolates – you never know what you’re gonna get)

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analogy

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5
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different word order (I like potatoes -> Potatoes I like)

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anastrophe

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6
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giving non-human object person-like entities/traits (Beauty and the Beast – candle, clock, and teapot)

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anthropomorphism

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words repeat at the beginning of successive clauses, or sentences

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anaphora

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addressing a reader or another person with no expectation of a reply

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apostrophe

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9
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image, character or pattern that reoccur throughout literature

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archetype

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10
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repetition in vowels (like alliteration, but with vowels)

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assonance

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skipping of conjunctions (I came, I saw, I conquered)

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asyndeton

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12
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the author introduces their own opinion

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authorial intrusion

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13
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verse without rhyme

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blank verse

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14
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blend of inharmonious sounds

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cacophony

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15
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a stop in a verse (to be or not to be – that is the question)

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caesura

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16
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two clause verse, the second part reversed word order of first (when the going gets tough, the tough gets going)

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chiasmus

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17
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struggle by two opposing forces

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conflict

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18
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feelings or emotions connected with a word, beyond its actual meaning (I’m feeling blue)

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connotation

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19
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repetition of consonants

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consonance

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20
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literal meaning of a word

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denotation

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21
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illogical or surprising lack of similarity between two or more facts

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discrepancy

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22
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interpretation of a phrase in two different ways, one dirty or indecent

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double entendre

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23
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the clause ends in a different verse

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enjambment

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24
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sonetni venec

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enveloping structure

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25
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removal of an unstressed syllable in order for the rhyme to work

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elision

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26
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nickname (Alexander the Great, Richard the Lionheart, Bloody Mary)

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epithet

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27
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words repeat at the end of neighbouring clauses (anaphora-beginning)

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epiphora

28
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an inoffensive term to replace a offensive one (he passed away, they made love,they let him go)

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euphemism

29
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opposite of cacophony, pleasant sounds

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euphony

30
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exaggeration (this bag weighs a ton!)

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hyperbole

31
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rhyme within a verse

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internal rhyme

32
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moves the reader to a point in the past of the narrative time.

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flashback

33
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reversing the usual word order for emphasis (fair is foul, and foul is fair)

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inversion

34
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hints or sighs for the future or the plot twist

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foreshadowing

35
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different word order (only one word is changed) (Tall he stood above the ground)

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hyperbaton

36
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two condradicting meanings of the same situation

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irony

37
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putting two contrasting meanings of the same situation (all is fair in love and war, rich/poor, good/evil)

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juxtaposition

38
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understatement, positive statement is expressed by negating its purpose (not bad, isn’t useless)

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litotes

39
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comparison by directly relating one thing to another (She was a rock star at our business meet.)

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metaphor

40
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a object that is connected with another object/word (your ride – your car

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metonoymy

41
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an understatement

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meiosis

42
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what a reader feels about the story, pulled from the elements within it

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mood

43
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a repeated pattern – image, sound, word or symbol comes back again and again within the story

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motif

44
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to accept uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason

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negative capability

45
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pronunciations of the sound they describe (woof, boom, pow, whoosh, wham, moo)

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onomatopoeia

46
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opposite elements put together (controlled chaos, same difference, adult child, loving hate)

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oxymoron

47
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statement that contradicts itself, must be true and untrue at same time (this statement is a lie, I must be cruel to be kind)

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paradox

48
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repetition of grammatical elements in a place of writing to create harmonious effect (easy come, easy go)

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parallelism

49
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a inanimate object is described in human terms (sun smiles, wind whispers, leaves dance in the wind)

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personification

50
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perspective on which the story is told

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point of view

51
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repeptitions of the same conjuction (neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night sways these couriers)

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polysyndeton

52
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combination of two words (hangry, brunch, smog (smoke & fog), spork)

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portmanteau

53
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play on words (Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a-salted)

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pun

54
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pattern of the end rhymes in stanzas

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rhyme scheme

55
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location and time frame in which the action of the narrative takes place

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setting

56
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comparison with the use of “like, as” (those two are as different as night and day, he has a memory like a sieve)

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simile

57
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kitica

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stanza

58
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narrators provide readers with access to a characters thoughts by simply narrating them

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stream of consciousness

59
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a storm brewing on the horizon

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symbol

60
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a part refers to a whole

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synecdoche

61
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one sense described by another (the sky sounded like piles of diamonds, the blueberry tasted round)

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synaesthesia

62
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the underlying message or meaning of a work of literature

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theme

63
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situation is donwplayed or presented as being less than what is true to the situation (We did not do well; I am delighted)

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understatement

64
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literature should somehow be true to reality, images, people dialogue should be believable, plausible, authentic, lifelike

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versimilitude

65
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avoidance of critical thinking and logic in understanding something that is unreal or impossible in reality, such as a work of speculative fiction

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willing suspension ob disbelief

Engish Poetry (5 decks)

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