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Let's review some literary devices
Let's review some literary devices
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Basic literary devices. Not comprehensive.
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"Life is like a box of chocolates" is an example of:
simile
Metaphor
hyperbole
alliteration
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Mental pictures created by using descriptions of the senses.
Theme
Imagery
Description
Plot
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Hints used to clue the reader into what might happen later in a piece are called...
foreshadowing
flashback
rising action
exposition
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This word is used to describe a third person narrator who knows the characters' thoughts.
Psychointuitive
Limited
Omniscient
Blindminded
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"Her brain is the size of a pea" is an example of:
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
personification
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Any person, object, or idea that stands for something other than itself.
Plot
Theme
Symbol
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A comparison of unlike things that says something is another thing...
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
alliteration
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"Sally sat on a suede sofa" would be an example of...
alliteration
cliché
personification
hyperbole
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An extreme exaggeration used to prove a point...
onomatopoeia
cliché
metaphor
hyperbole
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The series of events in a story.
Theme
Resolution
Plot
Exposition
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"Fred is a pig when he eats" is an example of:
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
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What does the picture below illustrate?
Imagery
Anaphora
Irony
Symbolism
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A rhetorical question is
a question created by your voice rather than by a question mark.
is asked for effect rather than for an answer.
used mostly to show that the author is unsure of themselves.
designed to make a character think.
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An interruption of the present action to insert something that took place earlier.
Flashback
Retrospection
Foreshadowing
Flashforward
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Diction is
writing down what someone else said.
when an author uses big words instead of small ones.
an author's choice of words to create an effect.
when an author uses quotation marks in writing.
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The apartment was on the top floor—a small living-room, a small dining-room, a small bedroom, and a bath.
Symbol
Anaphora
Irony
Juxtaposition
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The idea or underlying meaning explored in a text
Character development
Theme
Setting
Storyline
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In
Love Story
Taylor Swift sings, "That you were Romeo...and my daddy said 'Stay away from Juliet'". This is a
diction
allusion
personification
hyperbole
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A fisherman looks out over the water, sees the picture below, and says, "Looks a bit choppy."
Anapohora
Overstatement
Understatement
Simile
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"The sad little maple tree fought the harsh autumn breeze." The literary device is:..
Personification
Tone
Atmosphere
Imagery