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Literary devices Flashcards

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1
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A group of words all start with letters belonging to the same sound group

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Alliteration

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Symbolizes something much greater and complex

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Allegory

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When author makes a passing reference to something

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Allusion

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Compares things to display a relationship

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Analogy

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5
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A note to explain a photo or diagram

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Annotation

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Wise statements. Often universal truths.

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Aphorism

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When author steps away from the text and speaks to the reader

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Authority

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Sways reader towards one point of view

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Bias

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Not formal word, used in familiar conversations

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Colloquialism

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Comic Relief

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Something funny to interlude a serious topic

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11
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Circumstances

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Context

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12
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Statement

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Declarative Sentence

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13
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the choice and use of words

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Diction

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14
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Convinces credibility of character

Evokes sympathy

Appeal to logic

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Ethos

Pathos

Logos

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15
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Euphemism

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Substituting “embarrassing” words

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Figurative language

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Uses figures of speech to be more effective

17
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Character that contrasts with main character

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Foil

18
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Feeling that something bad will happen

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Foreboding

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Warning of a future event

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Foreshadowing

20
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Fatal flaw

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Hamartia

21
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Excessive pride or self confidence

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Hubris

22
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Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally

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Hyperbole

23
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Visually descripted in literary work

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Imagery

24
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Process of bringing someone to a higher position or title

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Induction

25
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Signifying the opposite

When audience knows the truth, but characters do not

When words express the opposites of what the speaker means

When actions have opposite results than expected

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Irony

Dramatic

Verbal

Situational

26
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Compares two things to highlight contrast

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Juxtaposition

27
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Comparison

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Metaphor

28
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Enemy

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Nemesis

29
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Third person

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Omniscient Narrator

30
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When contradictory terms are used in conjunction

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Oxymoron

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Paradox

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Statement that contradicts itself and also seems to be true

32
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Joke on original work

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Parody

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