Literary Devices Flashcards
1
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Analogy is comparing one thing to
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Another very different things in order to explain it better
2
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Aphorism is a brief statement expressing
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Some truth as shown in a story
Moral, proverb, maxim
3
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Irony is contrast between
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Expected outcome and the actual way things turn out
4
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Paradox is a statement that reveals a kind of
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Truth although at firs it seems to be self contradictory and untrue
5
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Pun is a humorous use of a word or phrase that has
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More than one meaning
6
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Theme is the meaning of a story and what it reveals about
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Human nature
While plot is what happens theme is what it means
7
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Allusion: a reference in one story to s
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Well known character or event from another story history or place
