English 100 Literary Techniques and Devices

Question 1

A direct comparison between two unlike objects.

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metaphor

Question 2

attributing human qualities to things, animals, or ideas

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personification

Question 3

What literary technique or device is used in the quotation on the next screen?

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Metaphor

Question 4

sooo.... a poet referring to the holocaust by naming concentration camps is using...

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Allusion

Question 5

an extended comparison in which one thing is spoken of in terms of another for the whole story

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allegory

Question 6

What literary technique or device is used in the quotation on the next screen?

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Paradox

Question 7

soooo... if I say the maple leaf and I mean Canada I'm using ...

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Metonymy

Question 8

What literary technique or device is used the quotation on the next screen?

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Personification

Question 9

a comparison between two unlike items that includes like or as

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simile

Question 10

using unembellished or plain language

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understatement

Question 11

What literary technique or device is used in the line, "O wild West Wind"?

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Apostrophe

Question 12

The term for one thing can be applied to another with which it is closely related.

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Metonymy

Question 13

self-contradictory statement that turns out to make good sense

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paradox

Question 14

addressing someone or thing who is absent

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apostrophe

Question 15

when an author makes a reference to another literary work or to an historical event

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allusion

Question 16

Language that evokes a physical sensation produced by one of the five senses

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imagery

Question 17

using exaggerated language

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hyperbole

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