Literary devices part 2 Flashcards
Oxymoron
The opposite “jumbo shrimp”
Parable
A short story about a moral or lesson to lead a good life
Paradox
Self-contradictory
Parallel structure
the repetition of similar grammatical sounds
Parody
Something that makes fun of another work
Pathetic fallacy
When the weather reflects the mood
Personification
When an object is given human characteristics
Plausibility
Whether or not a story is believable
Plot
The events/storyline
Exposition
Introduces characters, situation and setting
Rising action
conflict and situations
Climax
The turning point
Resolution
The conclusion of the story
Point of view
The vantage point from which the author tells the story.
1st person pov
the protagonist tells the story
omniscient pov
All knowing narrator, can tells us everything about many characters
omniscient limited pov
Unknown narrator, can only tell the feelings of one character
Protagonist
central character
pun
play on words
Rhythm
rise and fall of the voice
Rhetoric
effective communication
rhetorical question
a question asked for effect
Romance
a successful story
Satire
the shortcomings
Setting
time and place
Simile
like or as
Soliloquy
a long speech
Stereotype
a fixed idea or conception
Stream of consiousness
inner characters mind
Style
Diction, tone, and syntax
Suspense
A feeling of uncertainty
Symbol
A person place or thing that stands for something more than itself.
Syntactic fluency
Variety of sentence structure
Tall tale
Outrageously exaggerated, humorous story
Theme
Insight about human life
Tone
Attitude
Tragedy
Unhappy end
Understatement
Less than what is meant
Unity
Unified
Universal
applied to most people
