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Literary Techniques Flashcards

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Mood

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  • general atmosphere created

- the feeling the reader gets

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Tone

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  • authors attitude towards the writing
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Simile

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  • comparison using “like” or “as”
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Metaphor

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  • comparison without using “like” or “as”
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Personification

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  • giving an inanimate objects human characteristics
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Hyperbole

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  • use of exaggeration to make a point
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Theme!

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  • main idea/message/lesson
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Imagery

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  • words to create mental images

- appeal to 5 senses

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