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Literary Devices
flashcards reviewing literary devices.
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English
9th Grade
12/10/2009

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Alliteration
Definition
The repitition of initial consonant sounds.
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Assonance
Definition
The repitition of initial voewl sounds.
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Allusion
Definition
a reference to a well known person, myth, historical event or biblical reference.
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Antithesis
Definition
When two contrasts are presented close together.
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Figurative Language
Definition
Language that is not meant literally.
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Flashback
Definition
A literary device that serves as an interruption in the actionto show a scene that took place earlier.
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Foreshadowing
Definition
A hint of things to come; usually unpleasant.
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Hyperbole
Definition
A wild exaggeration.
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Irony
Definition
A situation that is opposite of what you'd expect, or a comment that means something very different from what the speaker is saying.
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Metaphor
Definition
Metaphors are comparisons between two unlike things that do not use 'like' or 'do'
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
The use of words that sound like what they mean.
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Oxymoron
Definition
A self contradictory expression.
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Personification
Definition
Speaking of an inanimate object as humean. Giving an objest human qualities.
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Rhetorical question
Definition
An unnecessary question, made unnecessary because the speaker goes on to answer his/her own question.
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Simile
Definition
A comparison between two things using the word 'lile' or 'as'
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Understatement
Definition
The opposite of a hyperbole, because it downplays the severity of a situation.
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