Literary Devices

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Satire

writing that seeks to arouse the reader’s disapproval of an object by ridicule; comedy that exposes errors with an eye to correct vice or folly

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Frame story

literary technique that sometimes serves as a companion piece to a story within a story, leads readers from a first story into another one within it—sets the stage for a more emphasized second narrative within the text

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Sarcasm

type of irony in which a person appears to be praising something but is actually insulting it—its purpose is to injure or hurt

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Colloquial

everyday usage of words/language in a literary work, may include terms accepted in one particular group of people but not universally acceptable

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Syntax

The ordering of words into patterns or sentences

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Hyperbole

deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration

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Irony

sharp discrepancy between the expected result and actual result

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Polysyndetan

Use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some could be omitted

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Aphorium

A brief, cleverly worded statement, that makes a wise observation about life

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Anatrophe

A figure of speech in which syntactically correct order of subject, verb, and object is changed

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Anaphra

Repeating the sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses

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Editorialize

Narrator/Writer comments on story; in a way, instructs readers how to feel

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Sentimentality

Contrived or excessive emotion

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Poeticize

Writer uses an immoderately heightened and distended language to accomplish his effect; makes an excessively selective use of detail

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Liotes

Form of understatement in which the positive form is emphasized through the negative form of its contrary (i.e., “She wasn’t a tall woman.”)

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Free indirect style

Narrator adopts voice of character

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Periodic

A sentence that ends with its main clause; subordinate clauses and phrases that precede build up to the main idea at the end of the sentence

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Didactic

Literature which is intended primarily to teach a lesson

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Flat

Character who shows one or two traits

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In media res

Narrative technique of relating story from midpoint, rather than beginning

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Chance

Event that has no apparent cause in previous events or in the predisposition of the character

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Asyndeton

One/several conjunctions omitted from series of related clauses

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Coincidence

Occurrence of two events that have peculiar correspondence

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Round

Character who is complex and multilateral

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Foil

A character who contrasts with another character to highlight particular qualities of the other character

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Tone

Manner in which an author expresses his attitude

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Cumulative

A sentence that begins with the main clause followed by a series of phrases and

subordinate clauses that gather details about the main clause

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Dynamic

Character who undergoes a distinct change in the story

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Dramatic irony

A character thinks one thing is true, but reader knows better

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Stock

Character who is stereotyped and recurs in many pieces

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