Literary Devices Flashcards

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Anaphora

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Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses or sections.

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Asyndeton

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Listing of words or phrases without a conjunction eg Reuse, reduce, recycle

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Atmosphere

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A literary technique that creates a feeling based on details such as setting, background, objects, and foreshadowing.

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Defamiliarisation

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Technique of presenting common things in an unfamiliar way to gain new perspectives.

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Dialogue

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Use of vernacular, colloquial language, and formal/informal register.

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Disjunction

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A conjunction that dramatically interrupts rhythm in a sentence (e.g., but, or, yet).

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Figurative language: Synecdoche

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When a part of something represents the whole (e.g., 'nice wheels')

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Figurative language: Hyperbole

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Extreme exaggeration

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Imagery: Auditory

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Sound

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Imagery: Gustatory

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Taste