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Some important literary devices
Some important literary devices
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Basic literary devices especially for poem analysis. Not comprehensive.
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Any person, object, or idea that stands for something other than itself.
Motif
Plot
Theme
Symbol
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"Life is like a box of chocolates" is an example of:
Metaphor
hyperbole
alliteration
simile
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What is the point of view of
Number The Stars?
First person
Second person
Third person omniscient
Third person limited
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A comparison of unlike things that says something is another thing...
hyperbole
metaphor
alliteration
simile
5
Poets like Shakespeare wrote using a strict one of these. Shakespeare's was ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
Rhyme
Rhyme scheme
Pattern
Vocabulary
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A character's speech to himself, herself, or no one in particular.
Monologue
Dialogue
Prologue
Yule log
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What does the picture illustrate?
Symbolism
Figurative language
Irony
Imagery
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A fisherman looks out over the water, sees the picture below, and says, "Looks a bit choppy."
Anecdote
Understatement
Hyperbole
Overstatement
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Mental pictures created by using descriptions of the senses.
Theme
Imagery
Plot
Description
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Hints used to clue the reader into what might happen later in a piece are considered...
foreshadowing
rising action
exposition
flashback
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"Sally sat on a suede sofa" would be an example of...
personification
cliché
alliteration
sibilance
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The family was devastated by the fire. The house was gone. Their things were gone. All gone.
Symbol
Repetition
Setting
Irony
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"Fred is a pig when he eats" is an example of:
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
personification
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"Her brain is the size of a pea" is an example of:
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
personification
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Thunder boomed across the valley...
Onomatopoeia
Symbolism
Hyperbole
Personification
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An extreme exaggeration used to make a point...
cliché
onomatopoeia
metaphor
hyperbole
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This is an example of what? "Goodn
igh
t, sleep t
igh
t, don’t let the bedbugs b
i
te"
Consonance
Assonance
Personification
Alliteration
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An interruption of the present action to insert something that took place earlier.
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Flashforward
Retrospection
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"The sad maple fought with the harsh autumn breeze."
Imagery
Tone
Atmosphere
Personification
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This word is used to describe a third person narrator who knows the characters' thoughts.
Omniscient
Psychointuitive
God
Limited
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When an author shows readers the characters' traits without explicitly describing them.
Direct characterisation
Indirect characterisation
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The meaning of a story and what it reveals about human nature.
Theme
Storyline
Character development
Setting
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Story development
Theme
Resolution
Plot
Exposition
