FLASHCARDS: 🚦 Literary Terms and Devices

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A conversation between characters or the speech of characters

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Dialogue

Front

An object or idea given human qualities or a human form

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Personification

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An extreme exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally

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hyperbole

Front

Literary device that gives the audience hints as to what will happen later in the story

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foreshadowing

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The practice of beginning several words with the same consonant sound

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Alliteration

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A comparison between 2 unlike objects where one is the other

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metaphor

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The use of exaggeration for effect

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hyperbole

Front

Several words that START with the same initial sound

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alliteration

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A comparison between 2 unlike objects USING "like" or "as"

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simile

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When descriptive language is used to create PICTURES in the reader's mind that appeal to all 5 senses

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imagery