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Often characterized as the reader's feelings about the subject or topic.
Allusion
Mood
Tone
Personification
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The process by which the writer reveals the personality of character
Foreshadowing
Theme
Symbolism
Characterization
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The universal truth or insight the author communicates (a complete sentence)
Motif
Characterization
Metaphor
Theme
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It signifies ideas and qualities by giving them non-literal meanings.
Symbolism
Allegory
Metaphor
Prosody
5
A figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes.
Allusion
Stanza
Personification
Allegory
6
What device does this statement represent: The assignment was a breeze.
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
7
Reference to a person/place/thing/idea of historical/cultural/literary/political significance.
Allusion
Stanza
Alliteration
Symbolism
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A word made from a sound associated with what is named.
Symbolism
Allegory
Onomatopoeia
Personification
9
A distinctive, recurring feature in a literary composition (related to 'theme'.)
Syntax
Symbol
Motif
Theme
10
What's the name of our school newspaper?
Skipper Standard
Issues
Breezes
Voyageur Voices
11
Often characterized as the author's attitude toward their topic or subject.
Mood
Theme
Tone
Motif
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What device does this statement represent: Her cheeks are red like a rose.
Simile
Rhyme
Metaphor
Alliteration
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What device does this statement represent: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Allegory
Allusion
Alliteration
Apostrophe
14
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Hilariousness
Motif
Hyperbole
Mood
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An implicit or implied comparison between two things that are different from each other.
Simile
Allegory
Allusion
Metaphor
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Humpty Dumpty sat on a
wall
, Humpty Dumpty had a great
fall
.
Alliteration
Nursery rhyme
Prosody
Rhyme
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What device does this statement represent: "Woof"
A dog
Not a cat
Onomatopoeia
A cat
18
A division of poetry with four or more lines having a fixed length, meter or rhyming scheme.
Stanza
Meter
Rhyme
Couplet
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What device does this statement exemplify: A heart represents love.
Hyperbole
Symbolism
Metaphor
Allusion
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What device does this statement represent: This is the best pizza ever made in the history of the world!
Allusion
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
21
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite.
Simile
Metaphor
Irony
Personification
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Words with the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series is called:
Onomatopoeia
Allegory
Rhyme
Alliteration
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The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
Alliteration
Prosody
Rhyme scheme
Hyperbole
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The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
Connotation
Diction
Denotation
Syntax
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The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Structure
Syntax
Diction
Organization
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It is a direct comparison using “like” or “as”.
Prosody
Metaphor
FANBOYS
Simile
