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Some important literary devices-8th
Some important literary devices-8th
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Basic literary devices especially for poem analysis. Not comprehensive.
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A fisherman looks out over the water, sees the picture below, and says, "Looks a bit choppy."
Overstatement
Understatement
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Hints used to clue the reader into what might happen later in a piece are considered...
rising action
flashback
exposition
foreshadowing
3
Mental pictures created by using descriptions of the senses.
Description
Imagery
Plot
Theme
4
What is the point of view of
The Road Not Taken?
Third person limited
Second person
Third person omniscient
First person
5
What happens in a story.
Theme
Plot
Resolution
Exposition
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An extreme exaggeration used to prove a point...
metaphor
onomatopoeia
hyperbole
cliché
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Poets like Shakespeare wrote using a strict one of these. Shakespeare's was ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
Rhyme scheme
Vocabulary
Rhyme
Pattern
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"The sad maple fought the harsh autumn breeze." The literary device is:..
Personification
Tone
Imagery
Atmosphere
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This term refers to anything that should
not
be taken literally.
Figurative language
Imagery
Exaggeration
Symbolism
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"Life is like a box of chocolates" is an example of:
simile
alliteration
hyperbole
Metaphor
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"Her brain is the size of a pea" is an example of:
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
simile
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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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The meaning of a story and what it reveals about human nature.
Theme
Storyline
Character development
Setting
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What does the below picture illustrate?
Figurative language
Imagery
Irony
Symbolism
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A character's speech to himself, herself, or no one in particular.
Monologue
Yule log
Prologue
Dialogue
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"Fred is a pig when he eats" is an example of:
personification
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
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Any person, object, or idea that stands for something other than itself.
Theme
Plot
Symbol
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The family was devastated by the fire. The house was gone. Their things were gone. All gone.
Irony
Setting
Repetition
Symbol
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"Sally sat on a suede sofa" would be an example of...
personification
alliteration
cliché
hyperbole
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A comparison of unlike things that says something is another thing...
simile
alliteration
hyperbole
metaphor
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An interruption of the present action to insert something that took place earlier.
Flashforward
Foreshadowing
Retrospection
Flashback
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This word is used to describe a third person narrator who knows the characters' thoughts.
Limited
Blindminded
Omniscient
Psychointuitive
