Year 10 Literary Devices

Question 1

A word or object that represent something beyond its literal meaning

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Symbol

Question 2

The cemetery shot at the start of 'The Dressmaker'

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Foreshadowing

Question 3

"hey kiddo, lets go to Maccas"

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Colloquialism

Question 4

The wind was a howling wolf

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Mataphor

Question 5

The sun smiled at us

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Personification

Question 6

She was talented, kind and courteous.

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Rule of three

Question 7

His body was a lifeless as a withered vegetable

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Simile

Question 8

A reoccurring image, phrase, situation, object or concept id a...

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Motif

Question 9

Marigold is obsessed by cleanliness, but kills her husband in a gruesome way

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Irony

Question 10

Angry alligators attack

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Alliteration

Question 11

His eyes felt heavy and his chin nodded on his chest.

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Show not tell

Question 12

The reoccurring appearance of a CARROT in the novel 'Once' is a...

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Motif

Question 13

Red is often used in films and literature as symbol of

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Power

Question 14

One person, one person who was an amputee like me.

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Repetition

Question 15

I heard a thud and saw him dive into the icy water reeking and tasting of strong chlorine

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Five senses

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