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Duplicate of Some important literary devices
Duplicate of Some important literary devices
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Basic literary devices especially for poem analysis. Not comprehensive.
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Hints used to clue the reader into what might happen later in a piece are considered...
exposition
foreshadowing
rising action
flashback
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What does the below picture illustrate?
Irony
Symbolism
Figurative language
Imagery
3
This word is used to describe a third person narrator who knows the characters' thoughts.
Omniscient
Psychointuitive
Limited
Blindminded
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What happens in a story.
Plot
Exposition
Resolution
Theme
5
"Sally sat on a suede sofa" would be an example of...
hyperbole
alliteration
cliché
personification
6
The family was devastated by the fire. The house was gone. Their things were gone. All gone.
Symbol
Repetition
Irony
Setting
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Mental pictures created by using descriptions of the senses.
Description
Plot
Imagery
Theme
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This term refers to anything that should
not
be taken literally.
Symbolism
Exaggeration
Imagery
Figurative language
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What is used when an author shows/explains what a character is like, rather than simply telling
Indirect characterization
Direct characterization
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A fisherman looks out over the water, sees the picture below, and says, "Looks a bit choppy."
Understatement
Overstatement
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The meaning of a story and what it reveals about human nature.
Storyline
Character development
Theme
Setting
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A character's speech to himself, herself, or no one in particular.
Yule log
Monologue
Dialogue
Prologue
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An interruption of the present action to insert something that took place earlier.
Retrospection
Foreshadowing
Flashforward
Flashback
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A comparison of unlike things that says something is another thing...
metaphor
hyperbole
alliteration
simile
15
Poets like Shakespeare wrote using a strict one of these. Shakespeare's was ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
Pattern
Rhyme
Rhyme scheme
Vocabulary
16
Any person, object, or idea that stands for something other than itself.
Theme
Symbol
Plot
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"Life is like a box of chocolates" is an example of:
alliteration
Metaphor
hyperbole
simile
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"Her brain is the size of a pea" is an example of:
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
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What is the point of view of
The Road Not Taken?
Third person limited
Second person
Third person omniscient
First person
20
"The sad maple fought the harsh autumn breeze." The literary device is:..
Tone
Imagery
Personification
Atmosphere
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"Fred is a pig when he eats" is an example of:
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
simile
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An extreme exaggeration used to prove a point...
metaphor
cliché
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
