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Some important literary devices
Some important literary devices
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Basic literary devices especially for poem analysis. Not comprehensive.
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Mental pictures created by using descriptions of the senses.
Description
Theme
Plot
Imagery
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"Fred is a pig when he eats" is an example of:
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
personification
3
What happens in a story.
Resolution
Plot
Theme
Exposition
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The family was devastated by the fire. The house was gone. Their things were gone. All gone.
Irony
Setting
Symbol
Repetition
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"Sally sat on a suede sofa" would be an example of...
alliteration
hyperbole
personification
cliché
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What is used when an author shows/explains what a character is like, rather than simply telling
Indirect characterization
Direct characterization
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What does the below picture illustrate?
Irony
Figurative language
Symbolism
Imagery
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The meaning of a story and what it reveals about human nature.
Storyline
Setting
Theme
Character development
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"Life is like a box of chocolates" is an example of:
hyperbole
alliteration
simile
Metaphor
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A character's speech to himself, herself, or no one in particular.
Prologue
Dialogue
Monologue
Yule log
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A comparison of unlike things that says something is another thing...
alliteration
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
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Any person, object, or idea that stands for something other than itself.
Plot
Symbol
Theme
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This term refers to anything that should
not
be taken literally.
Figurative language
Imagery
Symbolism
Exaggeration
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An extreme exaggeration used to prove a point...
cliché
metaphor
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
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An interruption of the present action to insert something that took place earlier.
Flashforward
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Retrospection
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A fisherman looks out over the water, sees the picture below, and says, "Looks a bit choppy."
Understatement
Overstatement
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Hints used to clue the reader into what might happen later in a piece are considered...
flashback
rising action
exposition
foreshadowing
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"Her brain is the size of a pea" is an example of:
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
simile
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This word is used to describe a third person narrator who knows the characters' thoughts.
Limited
Blindminded
Psychointuitive
Omniscient
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"The sad maple fought the harsh autumn breeze." The literary device is:..
Imagery
Atmosphere
Tone
Personification
