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LTTR Day 6 - Literary Devices DEFINITIONS
LTTR Day 6 - Literary Devices DEFINITIONS
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allusion alliteration imagery metaphor red herring simile irony personification idiom
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Brief-indirect reference to person, place, thing of historical, literary, or political importance
allusion
metaphor
alliteration
imagery
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Author begins to tell us the story in the middle, instead of the beginning. Means: "into the middle"
mood
tone
in medias res
point of view
3
Comparison using like or as
personification
simile
irony
idiom
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Giving human-like characteristics to non-human things
irony
simile
idiom
personification
5
Descriptive writing that appeals to the senses
metaphor
red herring
imagery
simile
6
Facts that, while true, mislead us, because we believe they are clues to the crime, but are not.
metaphor
red herring
irony
simile
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Direct comparison of two unlike things
imagery
simile
red herring
metaphor
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A group of words that makes a figurative non-literal meaning as written
imagery
irony
allusion
idiom
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Author using words in sequence or close proximity that repeat the same initial consonant sound
imagery
allusion
idiom
alliteration
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How the reader feels about the author's attitude toward his subject.
in medias res
tone
mood
point of view
11
Contrast between an appearance and reality
metaphor
irony
imagery
allusion
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The author's attitude toward his subject--funny, sad, light-hearted, sarcastic, formal, or informal, etc.
mood
in medias res
tone
point of view
