Honors English 9 Literary Devices & Figures of Speech vocab

Question 1

Passing reference or indirect motion?

Accepted Answer

Allusion

Question 2

Witty language used to convey insults or scorn?

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Satire

Question 3

The continued use of the same word or word pattern?

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Repetition

Question 4

A statement that contradicts itself?

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Paradox

Question 5

An address to an absent or imaginary person?

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Apostrophe

Question 6

A figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity?

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Metaphor

Question 7

Drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity?

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Analogy

Question 8

A trite or obvious remark?

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Cliche

Question 9

A humorous play on words?

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Pun

Question 10

Witty language used to convey insults or scorn?

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Sarcasm

Question 11

Incongruity between what is expected and what occurs?

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Irony

Question 12

A composition that imitates or misrepresents a style?

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Parody

Question 13

Opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas?

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Contradiction

Question 14

The practice of investing things with arbitrary meaning?

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Symbolism

Question 15

A figure of speech expressing a resemblance between things?

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Simile

Question 16

Extravagant exaggeration?

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Hyperbole

Question 17

A transition in a story to an earlier event or scene?

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Flashback

Question 18

Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word?

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Alliteration

Question 19

A representation of a person exaggerated for comic effect?

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Caricature

Question 20

Something said in a restrained way for ironic contrast?

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Understatement

Question 21

Unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning?

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Ambiguity

Question 22

Conjoined contradictory terms?

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Oxymoron

Question 23

Representing an abstract quality or idea as a human?

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Personification

Question 24

The act of providing vague advance indications?

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Foreshadowing

Question 25

The act of positioning close together?

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Juxtaposition

Honors English 9 Literary Devices & Figures of Speech vocab

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Honors English 9 Literary Devices & Figures of Speech vocab

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