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English Lit Devices
Mr Parker
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Allegory | narrative that serves as an extended metaphor. Examples: fables or parables |
| Alliteration | pattern of sound that includes the repetition of consonant sounds. Examples Sally sells |
| Allusion | a reference in a literary work to a person, place or thing in history or another work of literature |
| antagonist | character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates or works again the main character or protaganist |
| connotation | an association that comes along with a particular word |
| denotation | the exact meaning of the word, without the feelings or suggestion that the word may imply |
| didactic | refers to literature or other types of art that are instructional or informative |
| figurative language | a type of language that varies from the norms of literal language, in which words mean exactly what they say |
| hyperbole | an extravagant exaggeration |
| metaphor | figurative language using NOT using like or as |
| motif | a recurring object, concept, or structure in a work of literature |
| simile | figurative language using like or as |