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Literary Devices
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A list of literary devices and their definitions.
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The sequence of events in a literary work is...
Plot
Foreshadowing
Motif
Climax
2
A hint of what is to come in the future is...
Imagery
Allusion
Foreshadowing
Rising Action
3
A character that is the source of the conflict is...
Conflict
Irony
Antagonist
Protagonist
4
A comparison that uses
like
or
as
is....
Metaphor
Foreshadowing
Simile
Rhyme
5
One thing (object, person, place) that is used to represent something else is...
Metaphor
Motif
Simile
Symbol
6
The time and place where story takes place is...
Imagery
Tone
Setting
Resolution
7
An extreme exaggeration to add meaning is...
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Imagery
Climax
8
The authors attitude toward the subject of a piece of work is...
Tone
Dialogue
Point of View
Theme
9
A figure of speech in which non-human things are given human characteristics is...
Protagonist
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
10
A phrase that consists of two words that are contradictory is....
Hyperbole
Irony
Personification
Oxymoron
11
The turning point of the story is...
Resolution
Climax
Rising Action
Falling Action
12
The 2nd person's point of view, uses words like...
I, we, and us
He, she, and they
You and yours
13
The essential background information at the beginning of a literary work is called...
Information
Exposition
Narration
Dialogue
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The underlying main idea of the piece of work is...
Plot
Theme
Motif
Genre
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A reference to something well-known outside the literary work is...
Allusion
Dialogue
Metaphor
Diction
