Definitions
The character directly opposed to the protagonist; the rival or villain.
Antagonist
Cry me a river
Hyperbole
"Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail." - Charles Dickens
Simile
"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get."
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Simile - Life is like...
Forest Gump
Cry me a river
Hyberbole
Repetition of the initial letter in two or more words.
Alliteration
“These words are razors to my wounded heart.”
Metaphor, Imagery, Personification
"Don't stop along the way. Go straight to your Grandma's house and back. Don't talk to any strangers and watch out for the wolf in the woods." - Little Red Riding Hood
Foreshadowing
"I am become death, destroyer of worlds"
Name the literary device
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Allusion - This is a quote from the Bhagavad Gita
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Today was a fairytale.
Analogy
A humourous scene introduced in the course of a serious work. Consciously introduced by the author to provide relief from emotional intensity and at the same time, by contrast, to heighten the seriousness of the story.
Comic Relief
“The sun smiled down on us.”
Personfication
In Romeo and Juliet, when Mercutio has just received a fatal wound yet refers to the injury as “a scratch, a scratch…”.
Understatement
"you know what they say: Can't bake a pie without losing a few dozen men"
Name 1 literary device from the quote
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Allusion - "You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs"
Comic Relief
Jack Horner from Puss in Boots the Last Wish
“If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?”
Alliteration
Words or acts of a character carrying meaning unknown to him/her but understood by the audience.
Dramatic Response
A politician thinks he's too beloved to lose an election and chooses to skip campaigning. As a result, he loses.
Hubris
"How they clang, and clash, and roar! On the bosom of the palpitating air!" - Edgar Allan Poe
Onomatopoeia
"I have a psychic link with a spider who lives inside my father's robot. And we're best friends! Forever.
Sometimes I let matches burn down to my fingertips, just feel something, anything. Aw."
Name the 2 literary devices.
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Parody - Peni Parker is a parody of futurisic anime, and Noir is a parody of an edgy old timey character
Comic Relief - The contrast is meant to be funny, from Penni to Noir, then the "Aw". This is further exemplified by the animation on screen.
Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse
"We held the coastline, They held the highland, And they were sharp, As sharp as knives, They heard the hum of the motors, They counted the rotors, And waited for us to arrive, And we would all go down together"
Imagery
Multiple opposite or strongly contrasting statements balanced against each other for emphasis.
Antithesis
Points also for Juxtaposition
Richard the Lionheart
Epithet
In greek mythology, Jason was unfaithful to Medea, which causes Medea to murder Jason and their children
Hamartia
"Ah, you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, moulded by it. I didn’t see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but blinding!"
Name all 5 literary devices.
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Metaphor - darkness and hardship, light and privilege
Irony - you'd think that getting to the "light" would be a good thing, not blinding
Imagery - "I was born in it (darkness), moulded by it"
Parallel Structure - "You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, moulded by it."
Retorical Question - Opening Sentence
Film: it's Bane! from the The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
“Little darlin’, the smile’s returning to their faces. Little darlin’, it seems like years since it’s been here.”
Personification