vocabulary
Vocabulary 2.0
Literary Devices
Literary Devices 2.0
Throwbacks
100

To add to, make bigger, better or grander.

Augment

100

To carry out or perform an action or series of actions.

Perpetuate.

100

The dynamic dog digs daily. 

Alliteration.

100

Left-Right

Juxtaposition.

100

A character that changes throughout a text.

dynamic.

200

Something that presents an unreliable or untrue characterization of reality.

Facade

200

An avoidance of something due to a strong dislike.

Aversion.

200

My car is too far to see.

Assonance.

200

Words and/or phrases that are particular to a specific geographical area.

Colloquialisms.

200

A text type that contains both facts and opinions.

Expository.

300

Something that embodies a moral or lesson.

Didactic

300

A sudden realization.

Epiphany.

300

All I need to know I learned in kindergarten. 

Paradox.
300

The great book.

Allusion.

300

The text structure employed most often by entertainment texts.

Sequential Order.

400

To dislike to a strong degree.

Deplore

400

A process that follows a prescribed pattern of one step after another in a specified order.

Linear.

400

Splish-splash.

Consonance.

400

Words of fondness inscribed upon a tablet, plaque or tombstone that serve as a remembrance of a person.

Epitaph.

400

Narration Point of View in which the narrator is all knowing.

Omniscient.

500

To be unaware or uneducated on a topic or subject.

Naive

500

Something that is not of central focus or importance. 

Peripheral. 

500

A metaphor that extends throughout an entire composition.  

Conceit.

500

The sun burns; the moon cools. 

Antithesis. 

500

A comma that is placed immediately before the conjunction that separates the last two items in a series or list.

Oxford Comma.

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