Litterary Devices Flashcards
0
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Comparing using like or as
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Simile
1
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A hint that something is going to happen
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Foreshadowing
2
Q
Comparing two unlike things
A
Metaphor
3
Q
Giving human traits to non humans
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Personification
4
Q
A relationship based on similarities between two concepts or ideas
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Analogy
5
Q
A group of words that begin with the same letters
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Alliteration
6
Q
Words that represent a sound
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Onomatopoeia
7
Q
Exaggeration or overemphasize
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Hyperbole
8
Q
Repeating of words
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Repetition
9
Q
Events that happened before the event that is currently happening
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Flashback
10
Q
Time, place, or mood of the story
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Setting
11
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The order of events that take place in a story
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Sequence of events
12
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Topic or focus in a story
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Theme
