literary devices list Flashcards
1
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making word pictures that appeal to the five senses
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imagery
2
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hints that give away the story’s outcome
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foreshadowing
3
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repetition of the first consonant sound
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alliteration
4
Q
words that are spelled the way they sound
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onomatopoeia
5
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giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
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personification
6
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a comparison that stays one thing is something else
A
metaphor
7
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a comparison using like or as
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simile
8
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something that represents something else
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symbol
9
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the reason behind why the writer wrote the story
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motif
10
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the lesson or moral of the story
A
theme
