Main Literary Devices Flashcards

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a figure of speech

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une figure de rhétorique

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rhetoric

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la rhétorique

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3
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rhetorical

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rhétorique

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4
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a stylistic device

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un procédé stylistique

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5
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a metaphor

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une métaphore

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6
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an extended metaphor

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une métaphore filée

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a simile/a comparison

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une comparaison

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a chiasmus

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un chiasme

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a metonymy

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une métonymie

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10
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a synecdoche

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une synecdoque

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11
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an anaphora

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une anaphore

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12
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an understatement

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un euphémisme

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13
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a paradox

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un paradoxe

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14
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a hyperbole

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une hyperbole

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15
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an oxymoron

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un oxymore

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a hypallage

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un hypallage

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17
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a periphrasis

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une périphrase

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18
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a flashback

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un flash-back

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19
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a cliché

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un cliché

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20
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a repetition

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une répétition

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21
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repetitive

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répétitif

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22
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wit

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l’esprit

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23
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a witticism

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un trait d’esprit

24
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a malproprism

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un pataquès

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a pun
un jeu de mots
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pathos
le pathétique
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an innuendo
une allusion grivoise
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(dramatic) irony
l'ironie (dramatique)
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humour
l'humour
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an image
une image
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imagery
l'imagerie
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fantasy/imagination
l'imagination
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verisimilitude
la vraisemblance
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alliteration
l'allitération
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assonance
l'assonance
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to denote
dénoter
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to connote
connoter
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narrative technique
la technique narrative
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characterization
la peinture des personnages
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satirical /ironical/symbolic(al)
satirique /ironique/symbolique
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humorous /metaphorical /paradoxical
humoristique/métaphorique/paradoxal
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a symbol /symbolism/to symbolize
un symbole /le symbolisme/symboliser
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onomatopoeic words/ polysemous words
des onomatopées / des mots polysemiques
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a double entendre
une expression à double sens
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a rhetorical question
une question rhétorique
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dream and reality/ a reality effect
le rêve et la réalité / un effet de réel
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pathetic fallacy
l'anthropomorphisme
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an omniscient / unobtrusive narrator
un narrateur omniscient / discret
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a reliable / unreliable narrator
un narrateur fiable / peu fiable
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a first-person / third-person narrative
un récit à la première personne / à la troisième personne
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narrated time / narrating time
le temps des événements / de la narration
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an acceleration in the narration
une accélération de la narration
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an embedded narrative
un récit dans le récit, une mise en abîme
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a shift in point of view
un changement de point de vue
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zero/internal/external focalization
la focalisation zéro / interne / externe
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(free) direct / indirect speech
le discours direct / indirect (libre)
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When suspense is at its highest, he often resorts to a descriptive pause to maintain the reader's interest.
Lorsque le suspense est à son comble, il a souvent recours à une pause descriptive pour maintenir la curiosité du lecteur