Literary Devices

Question 1

provides information about an earlier event; the writer shifts from present to the past - illustrate an important point.

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Flashback

Question 2

When casual reference is made to a famous historical or literary figure or event.

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Allusion

Question 3

Contrast between what is said and what is meant or between expectation and reality.

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Irony

Question 4

An extreme exaggeration or an overstatement.

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Hyperbole

Question 5

When something non human is given human qualities

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Personification

Question 6

Images are created by a writer using concrete details, adjectives, and figures of speech

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Imagery

Question 7

Comparing 2 things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

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Metaphor

Question 8

Two contrasting words or ideas put together

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Oxymoron

Question 9

Comparing 2 things using "like" or "as".

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Simile

Question 10

When hints of clues are given about events that will happen later in the text.

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Foreshadowing

Question 11

basic pattern-concept common to people of diff. times or cultures. Pattern, character, or situation found in literature

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Archetype

Question 12

An object, image, character, or action that stands for an idea beyond its literal meaning.

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Symbol

Question 13

repetition of initial letter or sounds in 2 or more words in a line or group of lines.

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Alliteration

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