Lit Devices & Writing Techniques 1
the emotional quality of a passage or the perceived attitude of a speaker towards a thing or idea in the text.
What is tone?
A change in speaker, tone, subject or idea
What is a shift?
a comparison of two generally unlike things that produced insight.
What is metaphor?
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Who is Michael Phelps?
A literary term for when how things seem to be is in fact very different from how they actually are. Writers use this to demonstrate life's unpredictability or reveal characterization.
What is irony?
Two or more contrasting tone words that represent characters, situations, or relationships with both positive and negative traits. If an essay prompt asks for an argument about complexity, define the complexity in your thesis and in your essay's argument. For example, "The narrator's memories of her fifth grade summer were both fond yet traumatic."
What is complexity in literature?
The type of imagery that represents odors, aromas, or sense of smell.
What is olfactory imagery?
This athlete revolutionized women's college basketball, serving as the all-time leading NCAA D1 scorer of all time (including men's and women's basketball).
Who is Caitlin Clark?
The specific details an author choices to include in a text that have a direct connection to your interpretation of a text, often in connection to the tone.
What is selection of detail?
A literary device that highlights differences between characters, ideas, settings, or other elements to emphasize those differences.
What is a contrast?
A reoccuring idea that repeats throughout a literary work relating to the central idea
What is a motif?
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What is Baby Shark?
A moment of insight, spiritual or personal; a character's sudden revelation about life or his or her own circumstances. This often connects closely with a greater theme of the piece.
What is an epiphany?
In works of fiction, when the perspective knows all thoughts and feelings of every character and can dip in and out of the internal life of anyone, as needed.
What is omniscient third person?
A literary device in which a statement contradicts itself but appears to be true or contains some kernel of truth that illuminates a larger concept.
What is a paradox?
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What is "Inside Out 2"?
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or sentences. This serves to create a pattern that emphasizes ideas that build to a theme or impression.
What is anaphora?
A sentence that presents multiple ideas using commas without conjunctions (e.g., for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) to separate a series of words. This syntactical device creates emphasis or reinforces meaning, usually in connection to tone.
What is asyndeton?
The juxtaposition of opposing elements or ideas through parallel grammatical structure. For example, "Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice" (Shakespeare). This literary device emphasizes an understanding of ideas by demonstrating their opposites.
What is antithesis?
The actor who voiced both Star Wars' Darth Vader and Mufasa from The Lion King
Who is James Earl Jones?