Higher Level Literary Techniques | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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What is a volta?

A change in mood or focus in a poem

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What is a tautology?

The use of different words to say the same thing twice in the same statement

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What is prolepsis?

Where the order of events in a narrative is disrupted so that a future plot point is told earlier in the narrative than it actually occurs

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What is polysyndeton?

The overuse of the same connective

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What is hamartia?

The flaw in character which leads to the downfall of the protagonist in a tragedy.

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What is an omniscient narrator?

A narrator who is all-knowing about the plot and characters.

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What is metonymy?

A figure of speech that refers to something by using a word that describes its qualities or is closely associated with it

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What is a euphemism?

A word or phrase used to avoid saying an unpleasant or offensive word.

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What is asyndeton?

Where conjunctions are left out between words or parts of a sentence, often creating a list-like style.

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What is a malapropism?

The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one of similar sound, often with humorous results

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What is denouement?

The resolution of conflict in a narrative plot structure

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What is hubris?

Excessive pride or self-confidence

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What is chiasmus?

When words, grammatical constructions or concepts are repeated in reverse order

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