Literary devices Flashcards
Personification
Giving human attributes to inanimate objects
Simile
Comparing two things using like/as
Onomatopoeia
Sound effects, boom Bam wham.
Metaphor
Comparing two things NOT using like/as
Pun
Making a jokingly comparison, with two words that sound the same but mean two different things.
Anachronism
Doesn’t belong in that period of time
Plot complication
Antagonist and protagonist work together to get an end goal
Foreshadowing
Hinting a major event
Thrombosis(trick Question)
A blood clot
Soliloquy
Speaking one’s mind when alone
Dramatic irony
When audience knows more about a situation than a character does
Juxtaposition
Placing two opposite elements together, life, and death, rich and poor.
Paradox
Less is more, poor little rich girl.
Oxymora.
Words that self-contradictory rate, less is more.
Iambic pentameter
A line of poetry that has five iambs