Literary Techniques Flashcards

1
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Sibilance

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F and s

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2
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Plosives

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Tkpbdg

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3
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Monosyllabic

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One word

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4
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Model verbs

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Necessity or possibility

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5
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Neologism

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Making up word

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6
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Anaphora

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Beginning same thing

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7
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Adverb

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Describe verb

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8
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Allusion

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Passing reference to person place or book

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9
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Amplification

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Embellish sentence by adding further info

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10
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Antithesis

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Close proximity that contrasts

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11
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Hubris

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Overly arrogant

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12
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Epistrophe

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Similar endings

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13
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Soliloquy

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Speaking to themselves

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14
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Pronoun

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He she

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15
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Conjunction

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Connective and if or

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16
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Interjections

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Exclamatory word shows reaction ‘wow’

17
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Asyndetic

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Comma

18
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Syndetic

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Ands