Literary devices Flashcards
A group of words all start with letters belonging to the same sound group
Alliteration
Symbolizes something much greater and complex
Allegory
When author makes a passing reference to something
Allusion
Compares things to display a relationship
Analogy
A note to explain a photo or diagram
Annotation
Wise statements. Often universal truths.
Aphorism
When author steps away from the text and speaks to the reader
Authority
Sways reader towards one point of view
Bias
Not formal word, used in familiar conversations
Colloquialism
Comic Relief
Something funny to interlude a serious topic
Circumstances
Context
Statement
Declarative Sentence
the choice and use of words
Diction
Convinces credibility of character
Evokes sympathy
Appeal to logic
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
Euphemism
Substituting “embarrassing” words
Figurative language
Uses figures of speech to be more effective
Character that contrasts with main character
Foil
Feeling that something bad will happen
Foreboding
Warning of a future event
Foreshadowing
Fatal flaw
Hamartia
Excessive pride or self confidence
Hubris
Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally
Hyperbole
Visually descripted in literary work
Imagery
Process of bringing someone to a higher position or title
Induction
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
Irony
Dramatic
Verbal
Situational
Compares two things to highlight contrast
Juxtaposition
Comparison
Metaphor
Enemy
Nemesis
Third person
Omniscient Narrator
When contradictory terms are used in conjunction
Oxymoron
Paradox
Statement that contradicts itself and also seems to be true
Joke on original work
Parody
