Literary Devices Flashcards
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Alliteration
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Repetition of words with the same consonant sounds
1
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Allegory
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Symbolic meaning or main idea
2
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Allusion
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A reference in a literary work to a person place or thing
3
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Analogy
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A comparison to a thing or idea that has an opposite meaning
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Anaphora
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Repetition of the first part of a sentence clause or phrase
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Antithesis
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Opposite
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Juxtaposition
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Comparison or contrast of descriptions
7
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Motif
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Recurring important idea or image
8
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Parallelism
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Use of similar language structures ir events in different parts of the text
9
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Syntax
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Order of words and phrases to make a sentence
