Literary Devices Flashcards
1
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Setting
A
The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned.
2
Q
Simile
A
Compares 2 things using like or as.
EX- As quiet as a mouse
3
Q
Idiom
A
Sayings that don’t mean what is said.
Ex- Head over heals.
4
Q
Personification
A
Using a human characteristic to describe something nonhuman.
Ex- The trees stretched its long fingers.
5
Q
Mood
A
The feeling that the reader gets while reading the material.
6
Q
Tone
A
The feeling the author feels or is trying to set.
7
Q
Hyperbole
A
Extravagant exaggeration
Ex- He runs like the wind.
8
Q
Theme
A
Main topics that come out several times in the story.
9
Q
Juxtaposition
A
Placing two contrasting elements side by side to highlight their differences.
10
Q
Metaphor
A
11
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Dramatic Irony
A
12
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Verbal Irony
A
13
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Antithesis
A
14
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Motif
A
Dominate feature that shows itself sometimes.
15
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Flashback
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