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Literary Devices Review
Literary Devices Review
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Identify the device:
“I feel like I’m forgetting something,” she says. She shrugs and drives away.
Imagery
Simile
Foreshadowing
Metaphor
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What is a haiku?
A 9-7-9 syllable poem
A 5-7-5 syllable poem
A poem that rhymes
A long, epic poem
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What is direct characterization?
When a character is first introduced in a story
When an author explicitly tells you something about a character
When you need to make an inference about a character trait
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What is mood?
The same thing as tone
Words that describe sounds
The reader's feeling while reading a piece
Writer's words that influence attitude
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What is an allusion?
The "paragraph" of a poem
A reference to another work
A comparison using like or as
Something that creates a vision in your mind
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What is a metaphor?
Comparison that states one thing is another
Suggestion of what comes next
Comparison using like or as
Picture in the mind
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Identify the device: "
Aman is a real Romeo"
Imagery
Metaphor
Allusion
Simile
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Why would an author use literary devices?
To trick readers
To bore English 1 students
To spice up their writing
To add necessary details
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Identify the device: "
be good, take care of yourselves – and DON’T LEAVE THE PATH!"
Foreshadowing
Imagery
Simile
Metaphor
10
Identify the device: "
He sat as still as a mouse"
Imagery
Foreshadowing
Metaphor
Simile
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What is a flat character?
A character with a few, basic traits
A character with lots of complexity
A character who has been hit with a boulder
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Identify the device: "
My heart is like a singing bird/Whose nest is in a water’d shoot;/My heart is like an apple-tree"
Metaphor
Foreshadowing
Simile
Imagery
13
Identify the device:
She smelled the scent of sweet hibiscus wafting through the air
Foreshadowing
Metaphor
Simile
Imagery
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Direct or indirect characterization?
Lucas is a polite student.
Indirect
Direct
15
Identify the device: "
Our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind."
Metaphor
Imagery
Simile
Foreshadowing
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What is a simile?
Comparison that states on thing is another
Comparison using like or as
Picture in the mind
Suggestion of what comes next
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What is indirect characterization?
When an author explicitly tells you something about a character
Character traits learned through STEAL
When you learn a character trait by making an inference
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What is enjambment?
Punctuation at the end of a line
Something you put on a PB&J
Running lines from one line to another without punctuation
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What is a couplet?
Two lines of poetry that usually rhyme
A really cute couple
Two poems that pair together
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Direct or indirect characterization?
She punched the man and cracked his nose.
Direct
Indirect
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What is imagery?
Something that "tells" a reader something
A photograph
Descriptive language that creates images in a reader's head
Imagination
22
Identify the device:
The night was black as ever, but bright stars lit up the sky in beautiful and varied constellations
Imagery
Simile
Foreshadowing
Metaphor
23
Identify the device:
She was a rock star at our last business presentation.
Simile
Metaphor
Imagery
Foreshadowing
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What is a stanza?
A "paragraph" of a poem
A punctuation mark in a poem
A line of a poem
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Identify the device:
She moved like a deer.
Imagery
Foreshadowing
Metaphor
Simile
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What is a dynamic character?
A character who constantly runs
A character who internally changes throughout a story
A character who is very loud
A character who stays the same in a story
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What is imagery?
Suggestion of what comes next
Comparison that states on thing is another
Picture in the mind
Comparison using like or as
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What is a free verse poem?
A poem that rhymes
A poem that has strict rules
A poem that has no rules
A poem that sounds old-school
