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Achebe the author of things fall apart uses specific word choice and varying sentence structure. He used ______ and _____in his writing.
Syntax and Diction
a grammatical mechanism for reporting the content of another utterance without directly quoting it.
Indirect Narration
Othello uses this literary device when he tells Desdemona that she “listens with greedy ears”.
Personification
Frankl was in some of the worst conditions known to man in Auschwitz, yet endeavored to have a good attitude and continue to create meaning in his life.
Paradox
a style of third-person narration that uses some of the characteristics of third-person along with the essence of first-person direct speech
Free Indirect Speech
_______is when a speaker's intention is the opposite of what he or she is saying and _______ is when the audience knows something that the characters don't.
Verbal Irony and Dramatic Irony
a contrast or opposition between two things.
Antithesis
Othello is called an “old black ram”. Iago uses this ______to make a comparison to Othello.
Analogy
Even though he experiences some of the worst and most dehumanizing treatment ever done to man, Frankl left the concentration camps with a renewed sense of the goodness of humanity -- not that humanity was awful.
Situational Irony
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Allegory
The term _____________ refers to a comparison between two, unlike things that continue throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem.
Extended Metaphors
a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition.
Motifs
“There are so many people on it that if you threw up a grain of sand it would not find a way to fall to earth again." What literary device is this?
Hyperbole
Throughout the book, Frankl frequently utilizes this to paint vibrant -- but horrible -- pictures of his life in Auschwitz.
Imagery
an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
Parody
________’s are ________’s both make comparisons between two, unlike things, except one uses the words “like” or “as”. What are the two literary devices that go in the blanks?
Similes and Metaphors
reference to the idea or emotion that a certain word invokes in a person.
Connotation
Throughout his anecdotes in Man's Search for Meaning, Frankl quotes specific dialogue.
Direct Narration
When an artistic work imitates that of another work, artist, or period. Such as Othello.
Pastiche
characters, settings, images, or other motifs that stand in for bigger ideas
Symbols
Though Othello was well respected in Venice before his relationship with Desdemona, the _________ of his darkness with Desdemona's lightness casts a shadow over Othello's character and there is an assumption that he has ruined her innocence.
Juxtaposition
a word or phrase that is not formal or literary
Colloquialism
Frankl called other prisoners "Indecent", even though they subjected the other prisoners to dehumanizing treatment.
Understatement
In Things Fall Apart, Igbo words are sprinkled throughout the narration, making it more authentic and giving a better sense of Igbo culture.
Dialect
The literal meaning and definition of the word.
Denotation