Flashcards
Literary Devices
Flashcards do conjunto (24)
- 1similethe comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
- 2metaphorcomparison of two unlike things using the verb "to be" and not using "like" or "as"
- 3personificationgiving human qualities to animals or objects
- 4allusiona brief reference to a person; place; historical event; or piece of literature
- 5imageryvisual symbolism
- 6foreshadowingthe uses of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in literature
- 7symbolone object representing another object or idea
- 8alliterationthe occurrence of the same latter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words (Peter Piper picked a pickled pepper)
- 9epithetan adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned
- 10repititionrepeating the same word, phrase, idea, to create a larger impact
- 11heroic quest1. the call to adventure
2. threshold into their new life
3. temptations and challenges
4. confrontation/abyss
5. atonement/payback
6. return - 12Tragedy (4 things to know it's a tragedy)1. a final impressive disaster that happens to the main character
2. an unforseen/unexpected disaster
3. it commands respect and sympathy from the audience
4. it causes distress - 13Hubrisexcessive pride/self confidence
- 14Motifsomething significant that occurs repeatedly through the story
- 15puna play on words (ex. don't trust people that do acupuncture, they're back stabbers)
- 16iambic pentametera line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable
- 17couplettwo lines of a verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme that form a unit
- 18soliloquya speech that a character gives to himself on stage to reveal his internal thoughts to the audience
- 19asidewhen a character on stage speaks directly to the audience
- 20tragic flawa trait/characteristic that leads to a hero's downfall
- 21dramatic ironyoccurs when the audiences or reader knows more than what the characters do
- 22situational ironyinvolves a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite to what was intended. Outcome = contrary to what was expected
- 23verbal ironywhen a person says or writes one thing but means another (basically sarcasm)
- 24oxymoronfigure of speech where two words that don't seem to go together are combined to produce a rhetorical effect
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- High School Equivalency Certificate English 1 FlashCards sobre Literary Devices, criado por vanillalove em 16-12-2015.
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