Literary Devices

Question 1

___is a category system that literature falls into based on specific conventions

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Genre

Question 2

____ is a comparison of two different things to make them more alike

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Metaphor

Question 3

____ is a reference to another text that the reader should understand to make connections

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Allusion

Question 4

Name the literary device: "Say she rose just as free as a bird. As light as a feather."

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Simile

Question 5

Name the literary device: " He longed for one draft of flight to quench the thirst of his captivity"

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Metaphor

Question 6

____ is a type of literary work that satirizes another work, its author, or the ideas presented

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Parody

Question 7

_____ is a writer’s vivid description that help readers visualize

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Imagery

Question 8

_____ is when authors give human traits to animals or some other lifeless object

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Personification

Question 9

"James snores like a hibernating bear" is an example of which device?

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Simile

Question 10

_______ is how the writer shows feelings about his subject based upon the types of words chosen

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Tone

Question 11

_____ shows the audience specfic events that happened before the current action of the story

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Flashback

Question 12

____ tells the story either in the first, second or third person point of view

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Narrator

Question 13

_______ is how the reader feels about the story

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Mood

Question 14

______ is when the author hints at actions that will come in the future

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Foreshadowing

Question 15

____ is a word that describes words that represent sounds

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Onomatopeia

Question 16

____ is a idea or concept that represents the central idea of the story

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Theme

Question 17

Name the literary device: "His heart leaped; the blood rushed into his face."

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Personification

Question 18

Name the literary device: "Say he was a hard lump of clay. A hard, glinty coal. A hard rock pile, wouldn't be moved."

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Metaphor

Question 19

____ is a concrete or physical object that represents an abstract concept

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Symbol

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