Literary Devices
A comparison using the word like or as
What is a similie?
told in 3rd person from an all-knowing perspective
3rd person omniscient point of view
repetition of vowel sounds within a line of poetry
Assonance
A figurative comparison between two things to emphasize aspects of them
A balancing of one term against another for emphasis; "now high, now low" Strongly contrasting word, clauses, or ideas balanced against one another. "They promised freedom and provided slavery."
Antithesis
a phrase or assertion that appears to contradict itself
What is a Paradox?
told in 3rd person, but from one character's perspective
3rd person limited point of view
repetition of consonant sounds within a line of poetry
Assonance
the noun the pronoun is referring to
Antecedent
a recurring or repeating words, sound, phrases, clauses, or lines in text to create emphasis
Refrain
placement of two things closely together to emphasize comparisons or contrasts
a narrative, drama, or poem that does not follow a linear, chronological sequence; it may incorporate flashbacks, stream of consciousness, and other techniques to develop a story
nonlinear?
a closed-form poem made up of 14 lines in iambic pentameter
Sonnet
a phrase or assertion that appears to contradict itself (but the contradiction itself may have its own meaning)
Paradox
a basic repeated sequence of meter composed of two or more accented or unaccented syllables
Food
a cultural or emotional association that any given word or phrase carries, in addition to its explicit or literal meaning
Connotation
a storyteller who lacks credibility because of bias, deception, inexperience, cognitive impairment, lack of information, or other factor that undermines the accuracy of a narrative
unreliable narrator
specific, prescribed meter or rhyme scheme
Closed-Form
a commonly used phrase that signifies something very different than its literal meaning
Idiom
a metrical foot consisting of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable
Lamb
A recurring idea or concept present in a literary work
What is a Motif?
the character's traits are implied and require an inference based on their actions, or words, or other characters reactions
Indirect characterization
near or oblique rhyme. words within or at the end of lines ALMOST rhyme
Slant Rhyme
A combination of two contradictory words to give them meaning
Oxymoron
Omission of the conjunctions that ordinarily join coordinate words or clauses. "I came, I saw, I conquered."
Asyndeton