Literary Terms Flashcards
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Alliteration
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- The repeating of the same sound at the start of a series of words.
(Dons dog dove deep in the drain)
1
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Hyperbole
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-An exaggeration
2
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Plot
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- Who, what, where, when, why.
- Sequense of events in a story
3
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Metpahor
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- Comparing two things that are not alike not using like or as.
4
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Simile
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- Comparing two things that are not alike using like or as.
5
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Protagonist
Antagonist
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- The main character of the story.
- A characted against the main character.
6
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Oxymoron
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- Pairing two opposite words together.
(almost exactly)
7
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Paradox
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- Contradicotry statment that makes snese.
“Fair is foul and foul is fair”
8
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Onomatopea
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- A sound having to do with the object.
9
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Pun
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- Playing with words to have different meanings.
( A bicycle can’t stand on its own because its two-tired)
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Motif
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- Reaccuring symbol to set the theme or mood.
11
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Tricolon
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- 3 words or groups of words with the same gramatical structure.
(Chocolate is sweet, tasty and addictive)
12
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Anaphora
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- The repition of a word to make a message at the beginning.
(we cannot dedicate, we cannot take power, we cannot- be rude)
13
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Epistrophe
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- The repition of a word or clause at the end of a sentance.
( See no evil, hear no evil)
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Allusion
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An indirect reference.
(Arrow of love is an allusion to cupids arrow)
