Literature Device Easy Flashcards
Alliteration
Anthropomorphism
When animals or objects are depicted in a story as if they were human
Alliteration
The repetition of consonant sounds w close proximity usually words w same sentence in line
Anthropomorphism
Where animals or an objects are portrayed in a story as people (This technique is often incorrectly called personification)
Blank verse
Non rhyming poetry
Creative License
Exaggeration or alteration of objective facts or reality for the purpose of enhancing meaning in a fictional context
Dialogue
Where character are speaking to each other
Dramatic Irony
Audience or reader is aware of something important and the characters are not
Exposition
Where the author interrupts the story in order to explain something
Figurative Language
(related to figure of speech)
Any use of language where the intended meaning differs from the actual literal meaning of the words themselves
Foreshadowing
Where future events in a story are suggested by the author before they happen
Hyperbole
A description of the story where it exaggerates
Iambic pentameter
Poetry written with each line containing 10 syllables
Imagery
Describing something in detail
Irony
(A.K.A Situtational irony) Where the event occurs which is unexpected
Also known as Dramatic irony and verbal irony
