Literary Device Quiz #1 Flash Cards
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point of view
the vantage point from which a story is told - 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person
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omniscient narrator
a narrator who tells the story from many, if not all, the characters' perspectives; an objective narrator
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limited narrator
a narrator who tells the story from just one character's point of view
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analogy
a comparison between 2 people, situations, or objects
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simile
a comparison between 2 people, situations, or objects that uses like or as
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metaphor
a comparison between 2 people, situations, or objects that does not use like or as
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syntax
the arrangement of words in a sentence
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diction
word choice; vocabulary
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conflict
the struggle between 2 opposing forces that is the basis for the plot - person v person, person v self, person v society, etc.
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protagonist
the principal character in a work of fiction
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antagonist
the character or force that opposes the protagonist
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cliche
a word or phrase, often a figure of speech, that has become lifeless because of overuse
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hyperbole
extravagant exaggeration or overstatement
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onomatopoeia
using words that imitate the sound they denote
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alliteration
the repetition of the initial consonant sound of words
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assonance
the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words
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consonance
the repetition of consonants within nearby words
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