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English Department |
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Literary Terms and Devices |
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Genre |
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Hero |
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Hyberbole |
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Idiom |
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Imagery |
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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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A hero is a particular kind of protagonist who possesses the potential for moral or upright behaviour, and, facing trials or quests, eventually chooses the heroic response. Contrary to popular belief, however, an antihero is not someone against the hero, but a protagonist who does not have the character to make the right or heroic choices see |
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Genre is, very simply, the type or kind of literature. Examples of literary genre are poetry, prose, drama, non-fiction and so on. There may be genres within genres as well. For example, science fiction and historical fiction are two genres of prose. |
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Five sets of unstressed followed by stressed syllables per line is the rhythmic pattern of iambic pentameter. In Sonnet 18, Shakespeare used iambic pentameter: Shall I comPARE thee TO a SUMmer’s DAY?
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You might have heard one actor say to another “Break a leg.” In this circumstance, the expression means “good luck” and is an example of an idiom because the meaning cannot be inferred from the usual definitions of the words. |
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Imagery is the set of mental pictures formed in the reader’s mind. Imagery can evoke any one or more of the five senses: sight, smell, touch, taste, hearing. |
