Literary Devices In The Minister’s Black Veil – Flashcards
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Allegory
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symbolic work ex- Animal Farm & Lord of the Flies
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Alliteration
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use of similar consonants ex- blue bubblegum bushes
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Allusion
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indirect reference ex- Chocolate is her Achilles' heel.
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Analogy
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comparison ex- Percy Jackson and Skullduggery Pleasant are two great book series and have strong main characters.
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Anaphora
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repetition for effect ex- I don't like the grammar, I don't like the characters, I don't like Twilight
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Anecdote
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somebody's account of something ex- "Forget it," the experts advised Madame Curie. They agreed radium was a scientifically impossible idea. However, Marie Curie insisted, "I can make it happen."
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Aphorism
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succinct comment ex- a penny saved is a penny earned
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Apostrophe
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address to imaginary person ex- Demeter, please let the crops grow
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Chiasmus
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inverted word order in phrase ex- she went to Greece, to Rome he went
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Conceit
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exaggerated comparison in literature ex- Narcissus
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Ellipsis
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omission of implied word ex-
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Epigraph
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introductory quotation ex- So all my best is dressing old words new, Spending again what is already spent: For as the sun is daily new and old, So is my love still telling what is told.
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Euphemism
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less offensive synonym ex- Passed away instead of died
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Foreshadowing
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be warning of (forewarning) ex- when Riordan brought up the house of Hades in the first book and now it's the name of the ninth
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Hyperbole
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exaggeration ex- there were at least 200 cops in the blockade but Nagisa still got through (it was a weird Tuesday)
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Irony
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humor based on opposites verbal- sarcasm situational- wearing armor to protect yourself but then getting struck by lightning dramatic- Juliet's "death" in Romeo and Juliet
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Litotes
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understatment for effect ex- The terms of the contract are not disagreeable to me.
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Malapropism
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unintentional use of wrong word ex- You could have knocked me over with a fender. (feather)
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Metaphor
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implict comparison ex- Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day.
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Metonymy
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figure of speech ex- crown - in place of a royal person
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Neologism
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new word or meaning ex- shipping (wanting two people to be in a relationship)
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Non sequitur
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incongruous statement ex- Terrorists attacked America. There are terrorists in Palestine. Therefore we should attack Palestine.
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Onomatopoeia
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imitation of sound in words ex- microwave or boom
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Oxymoron
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expression with contradictory word ex- little big town
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Palindrome
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text reading the same backward as forward ex- racecar
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Parable
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moral or religious story ex-
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Paradox
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something absurd or contradictory ex- wise fool
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Parallelism
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repetition for effect ex- like father, like son
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Personification
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attribution of human qualities to abstracts ex- a lion that can talk (i.e. Rumbleroar)
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Rhetorical question
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question requiring no answer ex-
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Simile
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figurative language drawing comparison ex- as graceful as a fawn
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Symbol
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something that represents something else ex- the green light in the Great Gatsby
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Synecdoche
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figure of speech: a figure of speech in which the word for part of something is used to mean the whole, for example, "sail" for "boat," or vice versa ex- saying wheels when referring to a car
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Tautology
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linguistics redundancy ex- hot water heater
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Understatement
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restrained or muted statement ex- the hurricane disrupted traffic
