Hilarious
Examples from the books
Definitions
Difficult
Simple
100

______ of the cave

Allegory

100

Yams- wealth, masculinity, and respect.

Symbols

100

An artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period.


Pastiche

100

omg. like. literally

Colloquialism

100

Word-choice

Diction

200

As mad as a hatter

Simile
200

"I had rather have this tongue cut from my mouth/Than it should do offense to Michael Cassio¨

Dramatic Irony

200

A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.


Dialect

200

The speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning of what they say.

Verbal Irony

200

Picturing 

Imagery

300

EXAGGERATED!!

Hyperbole

300

Iago says that jealousy mocks and devours.

Personification- of the emotion

300

Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.


Juxtaposition

300

Very clear-cut meaning, no personal interpretations.

Denotation

300

Words in the wrong place.

Syntax

400

Heroes and villians

Antithesis

400

 Brabantio uses the ______ of a jewel to describe the two roles Desdemona plays in his life, as a beloved daughter, and as a possession.

Metaphor

400

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.


Connotation

400

A distinct pattern.

Motif

400

The speech quoted in the exact words of the speaker.

Direct Narration

500

Paarody

Parody

500

Okonkwo begins his exile deeply discouraged and unmotivated. While striving for even greater manliness, he committed a female murder — that is, he accidentally killed a boy during the funeral ceremony.

Paradox

500

A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.


Analogy

500

Inverted commas are not used in this literary device.

Indirect Narration 

500

A literary technique in which an expected outcome does not happen, or its opposite happens instead.

Situational Irony

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