Literary Devices

Question 1

What are literary devices?

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Techniques that writers use to enhance their writing.

Question 2

One litearary technique that witers use to create a word picture in the readers mind is known as...

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Descriptive Language

Question 3

"The bike all wobbly as if the wheels are spaghetti" is an example of...

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Simile

Question 4

Which is the correct format for in-text citation?

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"Their clothes are crooked and old" (Cisneros, pg.14).

Question 5

"The store is small with just a dirty window for light" is an example of...

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Imagery

Question 6

"The wind was howling in the cold winter night" is an example of...

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Personification

Question 7

A word picture in literature is also known as...

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Imagery

Question 8

A comparison that says one thing is the other is known as...

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Metaphor

Question 9

Words or phrases that are meaningful, but NOT literally true is known as...

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Figurative Language

Question 10

In literature, language that appeals to your senses is known as....

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Sensory Language

Question 11

When a writer gives human characteristics to an inanimate object, it is known as...

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Personification

Question 12

"I’m so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of...

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Hyperbole

Question 13

A comparison that uses the words 'like' and/or 'as' is known as a...

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Simile

Question 14

An extravagant exaggeration is known as...

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Hyperbole

Question 15

"Eyes are the windows to the soul" is an example of...

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Metaphor

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