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Literary Devices
Literary Devices
Titles and Authors
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Comparison using like or as Ex: He hopped as fast as a bunny
What is a simile?
100
An awakening story: Journey to maturity (coming of age)
What is bildgungroman?
100
Author of Oedipus Rex
Who is Sophocles?
100
The least valuable part of anything
What is dregs?
100
The time length of the AP English exam
What is three hours?
200
Tragic flaw in a character
What is hamartia?
200
Implication by the author of events to come.
What is foreshadowing?
200
The author of Story of an Hour
Who is Kate Chopin?
200
A trap
What is a snare?
200
Effective images literally creates a picture in the readers mind.
What is imagery?
300
Comparison stating or implying that one thing is another thing and can be subtle or direct. Ex: all the world's a stage
What is metaphors?
300
Holding up to ridicule the absurdities of human beings and society with the hope of correcting those problems.
What is satire?
300
Author of The Great Gatsby
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
300
Leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal
What is peremptory?
300
Narrator describes what all the characters are feeling/thinking. Kind of like Gods perspective.
What is third person omniscient?
400
Giving human traits or qualities to intimate objects or animals
What is personification?
400
An imitation of a worthy work with intent of poking fun at the original. Ex: The Hunger Pains is the _____ of The Hunger Games
What is Parody?
400
Author of The Color Purple
Who is Alice Walker?
400
Tedious; Fatigue or boredom; long and tiresome
What is tedium?
400
Character outside the story tells it- typically narrator style. Does not tell what all think.
What is third person limited?
500
Not within the time period. Ex: A sword in a gun fight
What is Anachronism?
500
Exaggeration in writing, either in comparison or description for emphasis and effect.
What is Hyperbole?
500
Mary Shelly's science fiction novel
What is Frankenstein?
500
Obtained, enjoyed or undergone through sympathetic experience of another experiences
What is vicarious?
500
Word choice intended to achieve a certain effect
What is diction?