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Koth's Literary Devices
What is an allusion?
What is a metaphor?
Koth's Literary Devices
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What is a metaphor?
A figure of speech that applies human characteristics to non-human things.
A figure of speech comparing two unrelated things using "like" or "as."
A figure of speech comparing two unrelated things.
Writing that uses descriptive language that appeals to the senses.
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What is an allusion?
A play.
Something that isn't really there.
A reference book liike a dictionary or thesarus.
A reference in a story to a well-known person, place, event, or culture.
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What is a flashback?
Interrupts the setting to talk about the theme.
Interrupts the chronological flow of the story to revisit past events.
None of the above.
Interrupts the author by providing a brief commercial.
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What is narrative perspective?
Both A and B.
The narrator of the story.
Where and when the story takes place.
The point of view from which the story is told.
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What is personification?
Providing clues to what may come later in the story.
To give animals voices.
The tone of the story.
Giving human traits or qualities to non-human entities or objects.
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What is a simile?
The author's attitude towards the audience.
When reality differs from what is expected.
A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as."
A direct comparison between two unlike things.
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What is the climax of a story?
The turning point.
When the main character must make a critical decision.
All of the above.
The most exciting part.
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What is an oxymoron?
Writing that combines contradictory terms to create a new meaning.
Exggerated statements.
The characters in the story.
The writer's message at the beginning of the story.
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What is foreshadowing?
To stop the current plot and go back in time.
Clues or hints to come in a story.
Tying up the loose ends of a short story.
The ending of the story.
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What is conflict?
WHen something unexpected happens.
The central struggle of the opposing forces in the story.
The type of story.
The good guy in the story.
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What is alliteration?
A comparison using "like" or "as."
The repetition of initial consonant words in a series of words.
Words that sound like they're spelled.
To repeat the same word for emphasis.
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What is hyperbole?
Exaggeration not meant to be taken literally, or used for emphasis.
A punctution mark.
A figure of speech that flashes back in time.
Stating the truth honestly.
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What is a denouement? (day-no-muah)
Both B and C.
Another name for epilogue.
The typing up of loose ends after the story is over.
The glossary at the end of the story.
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What is mood?
The feeling of the setting.
The main character's feelings.
The emotional atmosphere created in the story.
The main problem in the story.
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What is a theme?
The plot (what happens) of the story.
The first sentence of the story.
The ending of the story.
The central idea or message of the story.
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What is irony?
A joke at the expense of others.
To make things flat and one-dimensional.
To write using the 5 senses.
A contrast between expectation and reality.
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What is symbolism?
A direct comparison between two unlike things.
The use of a symbol to change the tone.
The central idea of a story.
Using a symbol to represent ideas or concepts beyond the literal meaning.
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What is the author's tone?
A dark, sad mood.
The author's attitude toward the story is shown with word choice and style.
Using images to write a vivid story.
The author's attitude toward the characters' emotions.
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What is an allegory?
When evil wins.
When animals can speak.
A story that is too short to be considered a novel.
Characters and events symbolize bigger themes or moral lessons.
