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