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English Department |
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Literary Terms and Devices |
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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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This term indicates the choice a writer or speaker makes between wording and/or sentence structure. Most commonly, one differentiates between informal and formal diction. Informal diction is the language you might use in an everyday conversation with friends. Formal diction is what you might use in presenting to an audience of adults. |
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Dialect is the pronunciation and phraseology of a language that differs between native speakers of a language who live in different regions. |
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A didactic essay, for example, instructs or teaches what is considered to be morally right or proper behaviour. A narrative essay that ends with the conclusion “Don’t drink and drive” is didactic |
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A choice between two equally unfavourable outcomes. |
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In characterization, direct presentation is the specific labelling of a character traits by the author or narrator. For example, if a narrator comments that his best friend is “heroic”, that an example of direct presentation. |
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One of the sound devices, dissonance Is the creation of tones that seem harsh or disagreeable. |
