Language devices

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  • Created by: Lauren-04
  • Created on: 05-03-17 14:16

1. Hyperbole

  • Langage that appeals to the five senses.
  • A figure of speech involving exaggeration
  • Method of returning to an earlier point in time for the purpose of making the present clearer.
  • A statement that seems contradictory but may reveal a truth
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2. Allusion

  • The essential background information at the beginning of a literary work.
  • The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe.
  • A reference to a famous person or event in life or literature.
  • Putting two contradictory words together

3. Climax

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

4. Alliteration

  • Hints of what is to come in the action of a play or a story
  • Repetition of the initial consonant
  • The turning point of the action in the plot of a play or story.
  • Giving an animal or object human characteristics.

5. Foreshadowing

  • The "unravelling" or series of events that tie up loose ends and move the plot toward resolution.
  • 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
  • A word is used which has two meanings at the same time, which results in humour.

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