Literary Devices Flashcards

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It is a simile

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Like or as to compare two things

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What is alliteration

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When several words in a row all start with the same letter

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What is a metaphor

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Comparing two things not using like or as

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What is a consonance

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Repetitive

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What is a assonance

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Rhyming

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What is personification

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Giving human characteristics to an in animate object

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What is foreshadowing

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Hinting as to what will happen later on in the story

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What is symbolism

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Making something represent something else

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What is repetition

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Repeating a vowel or word several times

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What are the three types of irony

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Situational, verbal, dramatic

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What is the tone

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How the Author sounds

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What is mood

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How the story makes you feel

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