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Literary Devices Review
What is situational irony?
What is a simile?
Literary Devices Review
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What is a simile?
A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.
A description of the setting.
A character description.
A comparison without using 'like' or 'as'.
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What is situational irony?
When the audience knows something the characters don't.
When the opposite of what is meant to happen, happens.
When the tables in a story turn.
When someone says the opposite of what they mean.
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What is anthropomorphism?
For an animal to be able to morph into a human.
To give non-human qualities to animals.
To give non-human qualities to something human.
To give human qualities to something non-human.
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What is foreshadowing?
A reference of what has happened in the past.
A hint at things that will happen later in a story.
A thought about the future.
A prediction.
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What is onomatopoeia?
When words sound like the noises they represent.
The sound of laughter.
Using 'like' or 'as' in a sentence.
A repetition of the same sound.
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What is imagery?
A object that represents something more than itself.
A description that appeals to the sense.
The message in a story.
A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.
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What is a cliché?
A type of metaphor.
A reference to a well-known thing or place.
A word or phrase that has become overused.
A word or phrase that is new and catchy.
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What is a paradox?
A statement with two opposites.
A philosophical statement about the truths in life.
A confusing statement that makes you think.
A contradictory statement that has some truth.
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What is alliteration?
An exaggeration for effect.
Compares two things using 'like' or 'as'.
A repetition of the same sound in a sentence.
Words that imitate sounds.
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What is an oxymoron?
A comparison using 'like' or as.
Words that sound like their meanings.
When words that seem contradictory appear side by side.
A repetition of the first word in a sentences.
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What is an allusion?
A figure of speech using 'like' or 'as'.
A reference to a famous person, place, object or event.
A repetition of the same letter or sound.
Something that is not literally true.
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What is verbal irony?
When the audience knows something that the characters don’t know.
When we expect something to happen, but the opposite happens.
The sound birds make.
When a character says the opposite of what they mean.
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What is a metaphor?
Making a comparison without using 'like' or 'as'.
Making a comparison using 'like' or 'as'.
When words are repeated.
Writing that is symbolic.
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What is dramatic irony?
When we expect something to happen, but the opposite happens.
Using a verb in a sentence.
When the audience knows something that the characters don’t know.
When a speaker's intention is the opposite of what they say.
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What is a Hyperbole?
An extreme exaggeration.
Running really fast.
Comparing something using like or as.
A sound word like 'splash' or 'boom'.
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What is symbolism?
The literal meaning of a word.
A repetition of sounds.
A comparison between two things.
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
