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Unit 7: Literary devices
Unit 7: Literary devices
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Humphrey’s literary vocab Quiz!
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Paradox
Contrast or opposition, usually two phrases or sentences
Attempts to persuade each other as they struggle to reach their goal
A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true
Open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
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Allusion
A question with no answer
Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
The act of alluding; indirect reference
Audience knows somethings that the character doesn’t
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Hyperbole
Exaggeration- used for emphasis or effect
Repetition of initial sounds
A long speech by one speaker
Containing an implied comparison
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Character foil
Word or phrase having a double meaning
Character who provide a striking contrast to another character
Turning away from the audience to address one person
Repetition of an initial sound
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Simile
A comparison using like or as
Containing and implied comparison
A remark no one can hear on stage
Contrast or opposition, usually two phrases or sentences
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Dramatic irony
The audience knows something of the character doesn’t
Remark remark that no one on stage can hear
A speech given alone on stage revealing private thoughts
A long speech by one speaker
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Rhythm
A pattern used in music, poetry, or a drama
A conversation between two or more people
A repetition of an initial sound
A question that requires no answer
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Antithesis
Attempts to persuade each other as they struggle to reach their goal
A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true
Open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
Contrast or opposition, usually two phrases or sentences
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Iambic pentameter
Repetition of an initial sound
A pattern with five unstressed syllables each followed by stressed syllable
containing an implied comparison
comparison using like or as
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Double entendre
Word or phrase having a double meaning
Conversation between two or more people
Exaggeration- used for emphasis or effect
A topic of discourse or discussion
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Apostrophe
Correspondence of terminal sounds of words, lines, or verses
Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
The act of alluding; indirect reference
Turning away from the audience to address one person
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Tragedy
Comparison using like or as
A bad thing
A drama in which actions lead to the main characters downfall
A pattern that has five unstressed syllables
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Theme
The topic of discourse or discussion
Conversation between two or more people
Turning away from the audience to address one person
Likeness, correspondence, or similarity in aspect, course, or tendency
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Alliteration
Repetition of initial sounds
Exaggeration- used for emphasis or effect
A long speech by one speaker
Containing an implied comparison
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Comic relief
Conversation between two or more people
Contrast or opposition, usually two phrases or sentences
Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
Humorous incident introduced into a serious literary work
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Rhyme
Same sounding words
Turning away from the audience to address one person
The act of the looting; indirect reference
Correspondence of terminal sounds of words, lines, and verses
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Monologue
Remark remark that no one on stage can hear
A long speech by one speaker
The audience knows something of the character doesn’t
A speech given alone on stage revealing private thoughts
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Blank verse
Unrhymed lines of Iambic pentameter
A long speech by one speaker
Contrast or opposition
The audience knows something that the character doesn’t
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Dialogue
Repetition of an initial sound
A speech given alone on stage revealing private thoughts
Conversation between two or more people
A remark that no one on stage can hear
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Rhetorical device
Attempts to persuade each other as they struggle to reach their goal
Contrast or opposition, usually two phrases or sentences
Open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true
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Metaphor
Containing an implied comparison
A long speech by one speaker
Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter
A comparison using like or as
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Imagery
A comparison using like or as
A remark that no one on stage can hear
Conversation conversation between two or more people
The use of figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas
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Rhetorical question
A question that requires no answer
Repetition of an initial sound
A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true
Word or phrase having a double meaning
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Soliloquy
The audience knows something of the character doesn’t
A speech given alone on stage revealing private thoughts
A long speech by one speaker
Remark remark that no one on stage can hear
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Aside
A long speech by one speaker
The audience knows something of the character doesn’t
A remark that no one on stage can hear
A speech given alone on stage revealing private thoughts
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Parallelism
Likeness, correspondence, or similarity in aspect, course, or tendency
The topic of discourse or discussion
Turning away from the audience to address one person
Conversation between two or more people
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Oxymoron
Containing an implied comparison
rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined
Likeness, correspondence, or similarity and aspect, course, or tendency
Giving an inanimate object, human traits
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Equivocal
A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true
Contrast or opposition, usually two phrases or sentences
Attempts to persuade each other as they struggle to reach their goal
Open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
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Personification
Repetition of initial sounds
A topic of discourse or discussion
Exaggeration- used for emphasis or effects
Giving an inanimate object, human traits
