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literary devices #3

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the atmosphere or feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage; the way the reader feels while reading the text.

Mood

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a figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison of two basically unlike ideas

Simile

10

a play on words

Pun

10

tone

the writer’s attitude toward his/her audience and subject; it can be described as formal, informal, serious, playful, bitter, or ironic

10

a figure of speech which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else

Metaphor

5

a type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics.

Personification

5

an extreme exaggeration;

Hyperbole

5

two words used together that contradict one another

Oxymoron

15

Satire

mockery of a view, group, or humanity, usually with the aim of inspiring change

15

Paradox

a statement that seems to be contradictory but actually presents a truth.

15

Narrative

any writing that tells a story

10

Objective summary

a summary of the text that is free of bias, opinions, emotions, etc.

15

The central message, insight, or opinion in a work

Main Idea

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Inference

To guess, to conclude from evidence.

10

Idiom

Expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of each word.

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Euphemism

The substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.

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