Literary devices Flashcards
Alliteration
The repition of constant sounds or words
Anthropomorphism
Animals or inanimate objects are made human
Blank verse
Non rhyming poetry
Creative license
Exaggeration or alteration of objective facts or reality
Dialogue
When characters talk to each other
Dramatic irony
Where the audience is aware of something the main character does not
Metaphor
Where one idea substitutes for another
Onomatopoeia
When sounds are spelt as words
Paradox
A situation that can’t exist at all
Parallelism
Use of similar or identical language
Personification 1
When an inanimate object is given new human thoughts
Personification
Abstract concepts is represented as a person
Repetition
When something is repeated many times
Simile
An indirect relationship where one thing is similar to the other
Symbolism
Items or people that represent other important things
