Flashcards
Literary Devices/Techniques
Cards in this deck (18)
- 1Personificationgiving objects/animals human life qualities
- 2Similecomparing two things with the use of like or asMeta
- 3MetaphorComparing two things without the use of like or as
- 4ImageryVivid description
- 5DialogueThe text that is talk between 2+ people.
- 6AllusionA reference in text to something that most people would understand outside the text.
- 7ParadoxCombining two things/putting them side by side that aren't suppose to be there.
- 8OxymoronA type of paradox. Putting two words that on their own don't seem like they would be good together, but somehow work.
Example: Jumbo shrimp - 9SlangTerms used in present day pop culture.
- 10DialectThe talk of a certain group of people.
- 11Dramatic IronyWhen the audience knows of something that the characters don't.
- 12Situational IronyWhen the outcome is the opposite of what is expected.
- 13Verbal IronySpeech that is said, but meant the opposite.
- 14DenotationDirect definitions put into text. Usually used for clear description.
- 15ConnotationCertain words put into text to invoke a feeling in the audience.
- 16SymbolismSomething that means a greater thing with in a book. Usually teaches a theme.
- 17ForeshadowHinting to what would happen later in the text.
- 18FlashbackWhen the author explains a past event to help us better understand what is happening.