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Literary device definitions and examples as practice for quiz
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Define: Suspense
Upping the buy in to play
Upping the emotional level of the story
Making people cry loudly
Walking up the ladder
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“My spirit out of my body as a fish is”(9) This is an example of _______________.
repetition
imagery
simile
metaphor
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Define: Mood
The way the world goes around
The way the reader feels about the writing
The way people relate to each other
The way an author feels about the writing
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Define: Setting
When something means something else
When people forget things
Time & place, where a story happens
Time long ago
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Define: Imagery
Times long past
When authors do not write
Something that means other things
Descriptive words that appeal to the 5 senses
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“There was a white fawn…” (3) This is an example of _____________________ .
repetition
imagery
metaphor
simile
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"..priest, son of a priest…"(1) This is an example of ____________________.
simile
metaphor
repetition
imagery
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Define: Tone
Reading books for fun
The way the author feels about what he/she is writing
Any person's opinion about writing
The way the reader feels about the writing
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“Then I saw ……. leathery skin” (10) This is an example of ________________ .
repetition
metaphor
imagery
simile
10
“Truth is a hard deer to hunt..” (1) This is an example of _______________________.
simile
time travel
repetition
metaphor
11
You go to the store to buy something specific & you buy several other things instead EXAMPLE OF
metaphor
word choice
irony
simile
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Define: Symbolism
One thing that is not like the other
When you do something else
Two things brought together
One thing that represents something else
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Define: Figurative Language
Words in a dictionary
Words that stand for something else
Words we take literally
Words we do not take literally
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“The sign was an eagle…” (3) This is an example of ____________________ .
simile
symbolism
irony
metaphor
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“There was a roaring in my ears like the rushing of rivers”(9) Example of ______________ .
simile
irony
repetition
metaphor
