literary devices!!!:D Flashcards

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alliteration

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the repetition of the first letters//sounds in both words like green grass or cluttered closet we do that to carry the text forward and to give it some rythm

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antithesis

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pairing up opposites in a parallel grammatical structure for example keep your friends close but your enemies closer and we do that to help the audience grasp rather difficult ideas

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assonance

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repetition of tge same//similar vowels like between tress and we do that to give the text some rythm and an atmosphere

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ambiguity

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usage of a word that can mean a few different things or just a sentante that we can interpret in many ways ig so for instance “the cow is ready to eat” and we do that to evoke mystery and excitements and feelings but mostly to open the door to a greater meaning

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analogy

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creates an imaginative relationship based on parallels and imaginative cinnections “learning physics is like looking fir a needle in a haystack” we jjst do that to explain a strange concept by comparing it to sometjing obvious amd simple to make it more approachable

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allusion

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direct/indirect reference to something so for example he looks like adonis we do that to just help contextualise

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allegory

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hidden meaning with a moral//political significance so fir example intjink it might be on their knees the warpigs crawling from warpigs by blavk sabbath or more simply the entire animal farm by george orwell and allegories are meant to express large complex ideas approachably and idk but maybe they also do it to nit get put in jail buttt i cant be sure

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antropomorphism

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nonhuman objects being assigned human characteristics so obv just every thingy in beaytu and yhe beast, animal farm and thats done to humanise the objects//animals and to make it easier fir the audience ti relate to them and connect to them and understand their actioms and yeah jjst to be more familiar ti them

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bathos

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a sudden change from a serious topic onto a silly subject “and right before he died he did what he loved doing the most, argued with the manager” its just like an injection of humour to give thw audience a break and loosen them up a bit

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connotation

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usage of a word to suggest a differwnt association than its litwral meaning fir instance we oainted the towm bluw uts just a usage of a word in its not literal swnsw ti get thw readers to imagine it better and to feel a certain way and its an establishment of a mood

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consonance

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repetition of the same//similar consonants sounds usually in 2 words in neighbouring words whos vowels are usually different,, like coming home, hot foot, its done to slow down the resding process and ti enhance the reading comprehension

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diction

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it’s a choice of words to convey a message like when an author wants to write fir a specifuc group of people,, slang, colloquial, concrete, abstract and it can also help us define where the story is set or when and who it is about it helps the audience interpret the setting tye author the narrative the main character just everything like is this a fuxking bear hug? maybe???

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euphemism

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when we use a gentler word to avoid having ti say the dreadful thing no one wants to hear like when my time comes instead of ehen u die so it is used to soften/neutralise some sensitive, embarassing, taboo topics

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ethos

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when a speaker tries ti convey the audience of their ability to
speak about a certain topic abiut their yk credibility amd knowledge sk fir example when they put doctors in adds about
body lotion so basically its just the writers truing ti convince us of their knowledge and wisdom and authority and shit blahblahblah

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