Literary Terms Flashcards
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Figurative Language
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Using figures of speech to make the content more impactful
2
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Hyperbole
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Extreme exaggeration
3
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Irony
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Using language that signifies the opposite
4
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Metaphor
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A comparison without “like/as”
5
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Personification
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Giving human qualities to a non living thing
6
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Simile
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A comparison using like/as
7
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Verbal irony
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Sarcasm
8
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Dramatic irony
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Irony that is understood by the audience but not the character
9
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Situation irony
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Occurs when incongruity appears between expectations of something and what actually happens
10
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Understatement
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Saying less than what is really meant with less force than appropriate
11
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Allusion
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Referencing something
12
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Dialogue
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A conversation
13
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Symbolism
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Using symbols to signify ideas
14
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Natural SYMBOLS
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A
15
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Conventional SYMBOLS
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A
16
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Literary SYMBOLS
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Am
17
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Literary SYMBOLS
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A
18
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Diction
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