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ksjazzguitar asked in Arts & HumanitiesBooks & Authors · 1 decade ago

What is this literary device - when a name clues you into the character?

You know, when a story has a character whose name tells you something about them. In extreme cases, names like Dudley Doright or Polly Purebread.

Update:

I guess you could call it an allegorical name.

I don't know if there is a specific name for this device, but it seems like there should be.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Aptronym: a name that aptly represents a fictional character

    Charactonym: a name which suggests the personality traits of a fictional character

    :)

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Literary Devices Character

    Source(s): https://shorte.im/baTQK
  • ?
    1 decade ago

    You mean allegory?

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