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Literary devices part 2 Flashcards

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Oxymoron

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The opposite “jumbo shrimp”

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Parable

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A short story about a moral or lesson to lead a good life

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Paradox

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Self-contradictory

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Parallel structure

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the repetition of similar grammatical sounds

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Parody

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Something that makes fun of another work

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Pathetic fallacy

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When the weather reflects the mood

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Personification

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When an object is given human characteristics

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Plausibility

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Whether or not a story is believable

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Plot

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The events/storyline

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Exposition

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Introduces characters, situation and setting

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Rising action

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conflict and situations

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Climax

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The turning point

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Resolution

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The conclusion of the story

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Point of view

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The vantage point from which the author tells the story.

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1st person pov

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the protagonist tells the story

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omniscient pov

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All knowing narrator, can tells us everything about many characters

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omniscient limited pov

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Unknown narrator, can only tell the feelings of one character

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Protagonist

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central character

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pun

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play on words

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Rhythm

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rise and fall of the voice

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Rhetoric

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effective communication

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rhetorical question

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a question asked for effect

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Romance

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a successful story

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Satire

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the shortcomings

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Setting

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time and place

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Simile

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like or as

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Soliloquy

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a long speech

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Stereotype

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a fixed idea or conception

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Stream of consiousness

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inner characters mind

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Style

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Diction, tone, and syntax

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Suspense

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A feeling of uncertainty

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Symbol

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A person place or thing that stands for something more than itself.

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Syntactic fluency

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Variety of sentence structure

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Tall tale

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Outrageously exaggerated, humorous story

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Theme

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Insight about human life

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Tone

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Attitude

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Tragedy

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Unhappy end

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Understatement

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Less than what is meant

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Unity

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Unified

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Universal

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applied to most people

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