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R/J Literary Devices Flashcards

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Reference to something outside of the work, usually mythical or historical

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Allusion

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A recurring and familiar pattern in literature, like a journey or a wise old man

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Archetype

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When a character in a play speaks to the audience and not the other characters

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Aside

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Repetition of an internal vowel sound

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Assonance

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A word or phrase that. Is overused, like “busy as aa bee” or “I slept like a log”

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Cliché

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Repetition of the beginning consonant sound

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Alliteration

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The use of clues that suggest events yet to come

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Foreshadowing

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Words that describe sights, sounds, movements, and recreate sensory experience

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Imagery

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A speech or performance given entirely by one person or one character

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Monologue

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Two words used together that contradict each other as. In icy fire or sweet sorrow

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Oxymoron

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A statement that seems to be contradictory but that actually presents the truth

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Paradox

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Repetition of phrases that have similar grammatical patterns

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Parallelism

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The assumed or false name of an author

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Pseudonym

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Speech delivered by a character when he is alone on stage

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Soliloquy

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Short summary of a funny event

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Anecdote

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A word or phrase used in a place of a person’s name to help characterize the person

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Epithet

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When a character ‘gets what he deserves’

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Poetic Justice

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The ordinary form of written language, not poetry, drama or song

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Prose

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A play on words when a word has more than one meaning

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Pun

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A narrative technique, or point of view, that presents thoughts as if they were coming straight from a character’s mind, with story events and character feelings combined

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Stream of Consciousness

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