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Literary Devices and Figurative Language

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What is a piece of writing in which story characters or events have symbolic meanings assinged to them? Allegory
What is a conversation between two or more character in a literary work? Dialogue
Who is the main or central character or hero? Protagonist
Who is the opponent or enemy of the protagonist? Antagonist
What are the character(s) who help the reader understand the protagonist called? Foil Characters
What is the artistic arrangement and use of visual aspects of words into a particular repetitive and/or serial forms as means to create structure in a poem? Visual Pattern
What do you call a comparison of two unlike things? Metaphor
A comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as" is called a what? Simile
When one things stands for something else that is closely related to it i.e. crown for a king is what? Metonymy
What is it when a non-human thing is given human characteristics? Personification
When a double negative is used for poetic effect its called? Litotes
The difference between the surface meaning of the words and the implications that may be drawn from them is? Irony
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called what? Alliteration
What is the repetition of vowel sounds within words? Assonance
What is the repetition of consonant sounds in words? Consonance
What are the descriptive words that trigger the senses called? Imagery
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