Literary devices Flashcards
Metaphor
Compare objects by directly identifying one thing as another
Simile
Compares two things using the words “like” or “as”
A contradiction or dilemma
Paradox
A statement that means the opposite of what it seems to mean
Irony
Repetition of sounds (Consonants)
Alliteration
A type of personification where emotions are given to a setting, an object or the weather
Pathetic fallacy
Direct address
Saying words such as you and we
Hyperbole
Exaggeration
Repetition of words at the beginning of a group of clauses or phrases
Anaphora
Setting
Time and place of the action of the story.
Characterisation
Refers to the methods that writer used to develop characters.
A word or phrase used more than once to emphasize an idea.
Repetition
Plot
Refers to the actions and events in a literary work.
Tragedy
A genre where the protagonist dies in the end
The central idea of a literary work.
Theme
Foreshadowing
Like the banners mentioned earlier on in the novel Macbeth it is for shown and will happen later in the story
Imagery
Anything that affects or appeals to the reader’s five senses.
Rhetorical Question
A question with an obvious answer or no answer at all
Soliloquy
A character’s speech to the audience, in which emotion and ideas are revealed.
Groups of three
A list of three words that link to the subject
