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Literary Devices
Scope note
Modes or techniques of expression, usually, but not always, literary
Alternative terms
UF
↸
Character Portrayal (2004)
UF
↸
Characterization (2004)
UF
↸
Characterization (Literature) (1969 1977) (2004)
UF
↸
Dialogs (Literary) (2004)
UF
↸
Dialogue (1969 1980) (2004)
UF
↸
Interior Monologues (2004)
UF
↸
Leitmotifs (2004)
UF
↸
Leitmotivs
UF
↸
Literary Conventions (1968 1980)
UF
↸
Monologs (2004)
UF
↸
Monologues (1970 1980)
UF
↸
Motifs (2004)
UF
↸
Soliloquies (2004)
Broader Terms
BT
↑
Humanities
More specific terms
NT2
↓
Figurative Language
►
▼
NT3
↓
Imagery
NT2
↓
Narration
Related terms
RT
⇆
Comedy
RT
⇆
Content Area Writing
RT
⇆
Creative Writing
RT
⇆
Descriptive Writing
RT
⇆
Discourse Modes
RT
⇆
Drama
RT
⇆
Fiction
RT
⇆
Humor
RT
⇆
Language Styles
RT
⇆
Literary Criticism
RT
⇆
Literary Genres
RT
⇆
Literary Styles
RT
⇆
Literature
RT
⇆
Nonfiction
RT
⇆
Playwriting
RT
⇆
Repetition
RT
⇆
Rhetoric
RT
⇆
Tragedy
RT
⇆
Writing (Composition)
Date of creation
09-May-2023
Modified
31-Dec-1969
Accepted term
09-May-2023
Descendant terms
1
ARK
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More specific terms
2
Alternative terms
13
Related terms
19
Notes
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