Literary devices - I to L Flashcards
1
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Imagery
A
Author uses words and phrases to create ‘mental images’ for the reader. This includes: metaphors, similes etc.
2
Q
Internal Rhyme
A
Forming a rhyme in only one lone line of a verse.
3
Q
Inversion
A
Changing the conventional placement of words.
4
Q
Irony
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Playing around with words so that the meaning implied by a sentence or word is actually different from the literal meaning.
5
Q
Juxtaposition
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The author places a person, concept, place, idea or theme parallel to another.
6
Q
Kennings
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Use of a twist of words, figure of speech or magic poetic phrases to refer to a person, object, place, action or idea.
7
Q
Litote
A
Discrete way of saying something unpleasant without directly using negativity.
