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English Department |
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Click on a term to find further material. |
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Literary Terms and Devices |
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Purpose |
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Refrain |
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Quatrain |
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Resolution |
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Rhetorical question |
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For a current list of examinable literary terms and devices, click a link Grade 10 http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/specs/grade10/en/07_terms_device.pdf Grade 12 http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/specs/grade12/en/07_literary_terms.pdf |
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Puns are plays on words and usually take advantage of words that are spelled differently but are pronounced similarly. For example, “Why did she want to date a mushroom? She’d heard he was a “fungi”. (fun guy)
Note the number of puns used in the linked poem “The Junior High School Band Concert” . Click on the icon or term for the audio file. |
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Purpose is the intent of the writer in using the style he/she chose. |
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A quatrain is a stanza that is four lines in length. |
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A refrain is a repeated set of lines or words. |
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A successful solving of a conflict is its resolution. |
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A rhetorical question is not meant to be literally answered but to provoke thought. |
