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Literary Terms and Device Review
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(Virginia College) Literary Terms and Device Review
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A reference to a well-known person, event, literary work, or art.
reference
ancedote
aside
allusion
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A feeling created in a reader.
tone
attitude
imagery
mood
3
A comparison of two unlike things NOT using like or as.
imagery
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
4
The use of sight words to enhance reading is what device?
imagery
illusion
mood
irony
5
"War has devastating effects" is an example of what device?
meter
mood
theme
tone
6
A literary work that ridicules the foolishness or faults of individuals.
short story
poem
fiction
satire
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Reflections that give insight to an occurrence before the story began.
allusion
foreshadow
flashback
symbolism
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The first part of the plot that introduces the characters, basic situations, and setting
action
plot
exposition
resolution
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"The whole world was staring at me" is an example of what device?
imagery
understatement
hyperbole
genre
10
A character's personality is revealed through physical appearance, thoughts, speech.
direct characterization
monologue
diction
indirect characterization
11
Giving human characteristics to non human objects.
irony
personification
protagonist
pun
12
A physical altercation between two people is known as what literary device?
foil
alliteration
internal conflict
external conflict
13
"Listen up y'all" is an example of what literary device?
dialogue
diction
dialect
drama
14
When and where a story is set is known as what?
place
setting
expostion
location
15
Knowing that a killer waits behind a closed door, is an example of what literary device?
verbal irony
dramatic irony
situational irony
conflict
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A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage is what?
monologue
diction
dialogue
soliloquy
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"Cooler than the other side of the pillow" is an example of what device?
imagery
dialect
illusion
idiom
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"Jumbo shrimp" is an example of what device?
onomatopoeia
oxymoron
plot
narrative
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Clues that suggest events to come.
flashback
foreshadowing
allusion
foil
20
The author's choice of words is known as what?
monologue
diction
tone
dialect
21
The main character in a literary work.
character
antagonist
protagonist
hero
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The attitude an author takes toward his or her work is what device?
ballad
tone
personification
mood
23
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
consonance
alliteration
repitition
assonance
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A character or force in conflict with a main character.
aside
antagonist
protagonist
character