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Literary Devices Review
Literary Devices Review
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This quiz provides a basic review of some Literary Devices (Language Arts 9).
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A statement or situation which seems contradictory (Example: "alone in the crowd").
Situational Irony
Oxymoron
Verbal Irony
Paradox
2
Hints/suggestions in the story that lead the reader or viewer to anticipate upcoming events.
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Paradox
Situational Irony
3
Audience/Reader knows more than the character does; character unknowingly behaves unexpectedly.
Verbal Irony
Cosmic Irony
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
4
A part of something is used to signify the whole (Example: "Many hands make light work").
Symbol
Metaphor
Metonymy
Synecdoche
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Attributing life-like or human qualities to something inanimate or non-human.
Symbol
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
6
When events are not presented in a linear chronological order, but jump from present to past.
Anecdote
Memoriam
Flashback
Denouement
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Something that stands for something beyond itself (Example: Red represents love).
Simile
Symbol
Imagery
Metaphor
8
The use of exaggeration for effect or for humour.
Hyperbole
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Synecdoche
9
A comparison suggesting that one thing
is
another.
Metonymy
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
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Language that creates images in the reader's mind (appeals to the 5 senses).
Simile
Imagery
Personification
Metaphor
