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literary devices
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English
10th Grade
11/20/2014

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diction
Definition
repeating things to emphasize an idea
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dialogue
Definition
Your choice of vocabulary or words that make things clearer, correct, or effective. Your style of words.
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tone
Definition
A conversation between people.
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rhetoric
Definition
The way you say or sound when you say something.
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ethos
Definition
Art of persuasive communication
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pathos
Definition
An appeal to your principles or standards : credibility
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logos
Definition
To give out the impression or idea of emotion to give out an emotional response.
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symbolism
Definition
Using logic to persuade the audience of a reason.
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imagery
Definition
To use something to represent ideas or qualities.
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point of view
Definition
Having symboled figurative language involving the five senses of smell, taste, touch, sound, and sight.
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characterization - direct
Definition
The view in which someone perceives a situation in either first person, second person, third person, or third person omniscient
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characterization - indirect
Definition
The author straightforwardly stating a character's traits and desires
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figurative language
Definition
The personality of a character is revealed through their speech, action and appearance.
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metaphor
Definition
A comparison of two different things using like or as to make a description more emphasized
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analogy
Definition
A comparison of two different things without using like or as, to emphasize a description
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personification
Definition
A comparison of two things with similar qualities, placed to explain or clarify
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onomatopoeia
Definition
Giving human traits to an inhuman object
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hyperbole
Definition
a word that imitates a sound
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irony
Definition
an exaggeration in order to create humour
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verbal irony
Definition
Opposite of what was intended or expected
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situational irony
Definition
when the author writes something but means something else, the opposite of their literal meaning
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dramatic irony
Definition
when an expected outcome of something does not happen
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Allegory
Definition
when a characters actions and words have a different meaning that for them
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Allusion
Definition
when ideas are described in events, or characters
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parallelism
Definition
an indirect reference to a something significant
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flashback
Definition
similar form of usage of a sentence that have a similar meaning, sound, or construction
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flash forward
Definition
A scene that had happened in the past.
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foreshadowing
Definition
A flashforward, also known as a prolepsis, is a representation of a future event. This is done to create mystery.
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mood
Definition
Foreshadowing is when the author gives clues to what might happen later on in the story in order to cause the reader to anticipate it.
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satire
Definition
Mood is created in literature through words and descriptions that make the reader get a clue of what the atmosphere is.
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suspense
Definition
Satire is when an author uses irony or any other technique such as humor to point out certain things happening in politics or our society.
(making fun of something)
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sound devices (Alliteration & assonance)
Definition
Suspense is a feeling the audience gets while waiting for the outcome of a previous event
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Sentence Structure
Definition
Sound devices are used to enforce the meaning of something through sound.
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