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This is to help you study for the test on literary devices.
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Irony is
a device where the meanings are false
a device that has similar meanings
A device where there is no meaning
a device where meanings are contradictory
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When you paint a picture with words you are using an example of what?
Imagery
Metaphor
Foreshadowing
Idiom
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A comparison using like or as is called what?
Metaphor
Simile
Rhyme
Hyperbole
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When you go back to a certain time or dream you are using an example of what literary device?
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Plot Twist
Atmosphere
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A word that represents a sound (Ex: buzz, click, bang, sizzle) is an example of what device?
Onomatopoeia
Flashback
Rhyme
Alliteration
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A metaphor states that
one thing is another
one thing doesnt make semnse
that one this is "like' or "as"
one thing is a story
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Assonance is
when the letter 'e' is repeated
when consonants are repeated
when words are repeated
When vowels are repeated
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Giving humanlike qualities to a non-human thing is called?
Alliteration
Personification
Allusion
Plot Twist
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Assonance is
when consonants are repeated
when the letter 'e' is repeated
when words are repeated
When vowels are repeated
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What is Alliteration?
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
He went out to sort out the situation.
When do you expect to be home
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Juxtaposition is
When two ideas are the opposite and contrasting
When two ideas are opposite
A position of words
When two ideas contrast
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Imagery can represent
smell
sight
sound
all of the above
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The climax is
the starting point in a story
the finishing point in a story
the major problem/conflict in a story
the middle part of the story
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The mood of a piece of literature creates this type of ________?
Alliteration
Allusion
Atmosphere
Tone
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An overexaggeration of something is known as a what literary device?
Atmosphere
Personification
Flashback
Hyperbole
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A comparison that
does not
use like or as is called what?
Simile
Hyperbole
Rhyme
Metaphor
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When you are given small hints before it happens it is an example of what?
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Alliteration
Imagery
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When the story takes a different turn than what the audience expected it is an example ofwhat?
Allusion
Plot Twist
Foreshadowing
Resolution
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A common phrase used that does not actually mean the literal meaning is known as what?
Idiom
Simile
Hyperbole
Irony
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A cliché is
an expression overused that has lost its force or novelty
A line
an expression that cannot be repeated
an expression rarely used
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An object (not the actual meaning) is an example of what device?
Allusion
Irony
Symbolism
Hyperbole
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Characterization is
having characters in a story
developing characters
someone being real in a story
developing all aspects of a character
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An example of an oxymoron is
almost done
all of the above
affordable housing
awfully pretty
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Flashback
event that happens before the events unfolding in the story
event that happens at the correct time
when lightning occurs at the back of the shed
when events in the story are reversed
