Stylistic devices Flashcards

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To call at something that isn’t physically there or cant respond back

  1. Apostrophe
  2. Antithesis
  3. Assonance
  4. Alliteration
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When an author strings together different CONSONANT sounds.

  1. Apostrophe
  2. Antithesis
  3. Assonance
  4. Alliteration
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When an author strings together different VOWEL sounds.

  1. Apostrophe
  2. Antithesis
  3. Assonance
  4. Alliteration
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Used to highlight irony

  1. Apostrophe
  2. Antithesis
  3. Assonance
  4. Alliteration
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A Comparison of 2 things that are SIMILAR/Uses like or as

  1. Simile
  2. Metaphor
  3. Onomatopoeia
  4. Hyperbole
  5. Metonymy
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When part of something is used to represent a whole of something

  1. Simile
  2. Metaphor
  3. Onomatopoeia
  4. Hyperbole
  5. Metonymy
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Describing characteristics of something in place of something else.

  1. Simile
  2. Metaphor
  3. Onomatopoeia
  4. Hyperbole
  5. Metonymy
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An extreme exaggeration

  1. Simile
  2. Metaphor
  3. Onomatopoeia
  4. Hyperbole
  5. Metonymy
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When a writer recreates sounds with words.

  1. Simile
  2. Metaphor
  3. Onomatopoeia
  4. Hyperbole
  5. Metonymy
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