Language devices

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  • Created on: 05-03-17 14:16

1. Assonance

  • The repetition of similar vowel sounds in a sentence.
  • The sequence of events in a literary work.
  • A recurring feature of a literary work that is related to the theme.
  • A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule.
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2. Climax

  • The time and place of a literary work
  • The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or a story.
  • A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit.
  • Type or catergory to which a literary work belongs.

3. Allegory

  • Figure of speech involving exaggeration
  • Comparison in which one thing is said to be another
  • A symbolic representation
  • Repetition of the initial consonant

4. Metaphor

  • Type or category to which a literary work belongs.
  • Struggle between two or more opposing forces
  • A comparison in which one thing is said to be another
  • Direct speech between characters in a literary work

5. Foreshadowing

  • The "unravelling" or series of events that tie up loose ends and move the plot toward resolution.
  • A word is used which has two meanings at the same time, which results in humour.
  • Hints of what is to come in the action of a play or a story
  • The development of conflict and complications in a literary work
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