Literary Devices Flashcards

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Similes

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Uses "like" or "as" for comparison.

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Metaphors

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Comparison without using "like" or "as."

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Personification

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Giving human qualities to non-human things.

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Hyperbole

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Over-exaggeration for effect.

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Analogy

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Comparing two unlike things.

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Oxymoron

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Pairing of two opposite words (e.g., cold/fire).

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Allusion

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Reference to something outside the text.

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Understatement

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Ironically making a situation seem less important.

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Idiom

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A widely used saying that doesn't match its literal definition (e.g., "It's raining cats & dogs").

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Metonymy

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Object closely related takes place of the name (e.g., Silver Screen).