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literary devices for literature
literary devices part 1 enjoy (elements of style)
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Literature
12th Grade
09/12/2012

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atmosphere
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the dominant mood or emotional tone of a work of art, as of a play or novel: the chilly __________ of a ghost story.
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colloquial
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A word or phrase used everyday in plain and relaxed speech, but rarely found in formal writing. (Compare with cliché, jargon and slang.)
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connotation
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a complex literary device wherein the intended meaning is not stated clearly and is instead conveyed through covert, indirect means. ____________ leaves a little of the meaning unstated so that the reader can decode it for himself.
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dialect
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The language of a particular district, class, or group of persons. The term _______ encompasses the sounds, spelling, grammar, and diction employed by a specific people as distinguished from other persons either geographically or socially.
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dialogue
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The lines spoken by a character or characters in a play, essay, story, or novel, especially a conversation between two characters, or a literary work that takes the form of such a discussion (e.g., Plato's Republic).
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diction
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the distinctive tone or tenor of an author’s writings. _______ is not just a writer's choice of words it can include the mood, attitude, dialect and style of writing.
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epigram
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(1) An inscription in verse or prose on a building, tomb, or coin. (2) a short verse or motto appearing at the beginning of a longer poem or the title page of a novel, at the heading of a new section or paragraph of an essay or other literary work to establish mood or raise thematic concerns. The opening _______ to Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" is one such example. (3) A short, humorous poem, often written in couplets, that makes a satiric point.
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invective
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Speech or writing that attacks, insults, or denounces a person, topic, or institution, usually involving negative emotional language.
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inversion
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refers to the practice of changing the conventional placement of words. It is a literary practice typical of the older classical poetry genre.
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dramatic irony
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(the most important type for literature) involves a situation in a narrative in which the reader knows something about present or future circumstances that the character does not know. In that situation, the character acts in a way we recognize to be grossly inappropriate to the actual circumstances, or the character expects the opposite of what the reader knows that fate holds in store, or the character anticipates a particular outcome that unfolds itself in an unintentional way.
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situational irony
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a trope in which accidental events occur that seem oddly appropriate, such as the poetic justice of a pickpocket getting his own pocket picked.
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verbal irony
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(also called sarcasm) is a trope in which a speaker makes a statement in which its actual meaning differs sharply from the meaning that the words ostensibly express.
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mood
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refers to a definitive stance the author adopts in shaping a specific emotional perspective towards the subject of the literary work.
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paradox
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literature refers to the use of concepts/ ideas that are contradictory to one another, yet, when placed together they hold significant value on several levels.
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proverb
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1.
a short popular saying, usually of unknown and ancient origin, that expresses effectively some commonplace truth or useful thought; adage; saw.
2.
a wise saying or precept; a didactic sentence.
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pun
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very popular literary device wherein a word is used in a manner to suggest two or more possible meanings.
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sarcasm
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Another term for verbal irony--the act of ostensibly saying one thing but meaning another. See further discussion under irony.
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satire
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the practice of making fun of a human weakness or character flaw. The use of ______ is often inclusive of a need or decision of correcting or bettering the character that is on the receiving end of the ______.
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slang
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Informal diction or the use of vocabulary considered inconsistent with the preferred formal wording common among the educated or elite in a culture.
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tone
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the perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific character, place or development.
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voice
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the natural and distinctive tone of the speech sounds characteristic of a particular person
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