Literary devices examples Flashcards
1
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Similes (eg)
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Menelaus was like a lion
2
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Epithet (eg)
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Swift footed Achilles
3
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Ring composition (eg)
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Book 1- 9 days of plague, 1 day of prayer, 12 days of gods conference
Book 24- 12 days of mistreatment of Hectors corpse, 1 day of Prism supplicating, 9 days of Hectors funeral rites
4
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Speeches (eg)
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Fight speeches
5
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Formulae (eg)
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Darkness covered his eyes- death
6
Q
Type scenes (eg)
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Arming up
7
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Parallels and contrasts (episodes) (eg)
A
Book 1 and Book 9- Achilles was right over Agamemnon and vice versa
8
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Parallels and contrasts (characters) (eg)
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Hector v Paris
9
Q
Groups of three (eg)
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Hector meets Hecabe, Andromache and Helen
10
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Graphic description (eg)
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Someone’s eyes are pulled out (16)
