Literary Devices Flashcard

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Reference to Einstein is what kind of allusion?

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historical

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A clock in a play about Julius Caesar is an

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anachronism

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Type of irony where the audience knows a character is in danger but the character does not.

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Dramatic

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Figurative language and poetic devices in Anglo Saxon poetry (e.g., Beowulf):

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All of the above

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A metaphor that is not explicit is called

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inferred

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This device uses a part to represent the whole: Nice set of wheels, dude!

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metonymy

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A/an _______ is an idea or symbol that recurs in the text.

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motif

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Technique when animals speak, unlike personification.

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anthropomorphism

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Types of satire EXCEPT: dramatic, verbal, situational

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productive