Literary Devices Flashcard

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Simile in literature refers to comparing two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is a metaphor?

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Comparison of one thing with another of a different kind.

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Term for exaggerated statements not meant literally?

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Hyperbole

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What is personification?

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Attribution of human traits to nonhuman entities.

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Alliteration

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Same letter or sound at the start of adjacent words.

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Term for "visually descriptive or figurative language"?

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Imagery

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Onomatopoeia: Formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

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Formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.

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Rhyme scheme refers to the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines in a poem.

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Ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines.

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Definition of "rhythm" in poetry?

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The beat and pace of a poem created by stressed and unstressed syllables.

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Connotation

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An implied or associated meaning.