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Let's see how well you know the literary devices!
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Any time the author uses details to teach us about a person...
Characterization
Personification
Imagery
Repetition
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When something is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
Situational irony
Historical allusion
Literary allusion
Dramatic irony
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The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text is the...
Antagonist
Protagonist
Characterization
Hero
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When the opposite of what is expected happens.
situational irony
Simile
Conflict
Climax
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Appealing to the readers 5 senses
Art
Hyperbole
Imagery
Symbolism
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The surface story might be about two neighbors fighting, but the hidden story would be about war between countries.
Motif
Imagery
Allusion
Allegory
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In "Romeo and Juliet" the title characters keep saying that they would rather die than be apart. This is an example of:
Symbolism
Foreshadow
Allusion
Foil
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A mild expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt.
Onomatopoeia
Euphemism
Anthropomorphism
Oxymoron
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"Your smile is bright like the sun" is an example of: _____________________
Simile
Situational Irony
Personification
Allusion
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How do construction workers party? They raise the roof! This is an example of : _______________
Idiom
Paradox
Symbolism
Pun
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Red can represent blood, passion, danger, or immoral character. What literary device is this?
Symbolism
Dramatic affect
Imagery
Personification
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What is an example of alliteration?
This quiz is a hoot!
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
Jumbo Shrimp.
It was as big as an elephant.
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What is a theme?
Comparison of 2 unlike things
The mood of the story
The plot of the story
The message or moral of the story
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An overused idea or image that is starting to sound uncreative.
Pun
Idiom
Cliche
Repetition
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"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of what literary device?
Hyperbole
Colloquial
Foreboding
Analogy
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Giving human qualities to inanimate objects is:
Verbal irony
Personification
Allegory
Gothic
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"Let’s taco bout it," is an example of...
Personification
Cliche
Idiom
Pun
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"The playful puppy pranced around the playground" is an example of: _________________
Allegory
Alliteration
Allusion
Hyperbole
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What is a foil?
Two characters that contrast each other.
A minor character.
The trickster in a story.
Two characters that work together.
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"When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge," is an example of: _______________
Magical realism
Foreshadowing
Allusion
Satire
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What is an example of an idiom?
Get a taste of your own medicine
Go on a wild goose chase
All of the above
Give someone the cold shoulder
