Literary Devices Flashcard #5

Front

A passage on the title or first page of a literary work.

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epigraph

Front

General feeling created for the reader: atmosphere.

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mood

Front

Rhetorical figure with omission of conjunctions for concise statements.

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asyndeton

Front

Figure of thought: One of two major divisions of figures of speech.

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trope

Front

Associations evoked by a word beyond its literal meaning.

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connotation

Front

A trope comparing two distinct things using 'like' or 'as'.

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simile

Front

Rhetorical figure with reversed word order.

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hyperbaton

Front

An explanation using metaphor/simile comparing an idea to something different yet familiar.

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analogy

Front

Roundabout description in rhetoric—verbosity.

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periphrasis

Front

Character contrasting with the protagonist to highlight their traits.

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foil