Literary devices. Flashcards

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Saying something is another thing directly. ‘His heart is made of gold!’

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Metaphor.

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A trigger or warning to something that is going to happen. It teases readers about plot twists that will happen later on in the story.

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Foreshadowing.

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Making something almost human-like, ‘The trees leaves danced across the night sky.’

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Personification

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Creating an image in someones head using words like ‘his breath fogged up the window pane’.

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Imagery.

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Lending the act of a human quality, do not get this confused with personification. ‘The raging storm’ is an example.

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Anthropomorphism.

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Using words which imply harsh and almost violent sounds like ‘Thumping’ or ‘Grasping’

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Cacophony.

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Something mixed with bad luck will lead to the death of a character in a story.

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Hamartia.

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A character’s mental blindness to something.

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Ate

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Using a word next to it’s opposite. ‘Bitter sweet,’ is an example of this.

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Contrastive pair.

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Using words in a group of three, ‘He was old, tired and selfish.’

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A group of three.

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