Literary Devices Flashcards
(27 cards)
Alliteration
Where animals or inanimate objects are portrayed in a story as people
Alliteration
The repetition of consonant sounds within a close proximity usually in consecutive words within the same sentence or line
Blank verse
Non rhythm poetry
Creative license
Exaggeration or alteration of objective facts or reality for the purpose of enhancing meaning in a fictional conflict
Dialogue
Where characters speak to eachother
Dramatic irony
Where the audience or reader is aware of something important or which characters are not
Exposition
Where an author interrupts a story in order to explain
Figurative language
Any use of language where the intended meaning differs from the actual literal meaning of the word themselves
Foreshadowing
Where future events in a story or perhaps the outcome are suggested by the author before happening
Foreshadowing
Where future events in a story or perhaps the outcome are suggested by the author before happening
Hyperbole
A description that exaggerates
Iambic pantameter
Poetry written with each line containing ten syllables in five repetitions of a two syllable pattern
Imagery
Language which describes something in detail using words to substitute for and create sensory stimulation including visual imegaery
Irony
Where an event occurs which is unexpected and which is in absurd or mocking opposition to what is expected
Irony
Where an event occurs which is unexpected and which is in absurd or mocking opposition to what is expected
Metaphor
A direct relationship where one thing or idea substitutes for another
Onomatopoeia
Where sounds are spelled out as words
Oxymoron
A contradiction in terms
Oxymoron
A contradiction in terms
Paradox
Where a situation is created which cannot possibly exist
Parallelism
Use of similar or identical language structures events or ideas
Personification
Where inanimate objects are given human thought or self awareness
Repetition
Where a specific word or phrase or stucture in repeated several times
Repetition
Where a specific word or phrase or stucture in repeated several times
