Literary Devices

Question 1

When a character in a play gives an extended bit of dialogue, a speech (so to speak)

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monologue

Question 2

Like the fact that the boys did get "rescued" by a fire at the end of Lord of the Flies.

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situational irony

Question 3

An English sonnet's: ABABCDCDEFEFGG

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rhyme scheme

Question 4

The term for exaggeration (e.g. "Ryan is the dreamiest man ever -- in the history of men.")

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hyperbole

Question 5

At the beginning of La La Land, Mia may have considered 'cool jazz' to be one.

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oxymoron

Question 6

Example: "kicked the bucket" or "bought the farm" instead of "died".

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euphemism

Question 7

like long hair or pigs or pink rock in Lord of the Flies.

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motif

Question 8

The repetition of a sound at the beginning of a series of words (e.g. "Gosling got game")

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alliteration

Question 9

How you the reader feel...at home (or wherever)...as you read about the events in the setting.

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mood

Question 10

Two consecutive lines of verse (poetry) that rhyme with one another

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couplet

Question 11

When a word associated with something is used in place of said thing (e.g. "lend me your ears")

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metonymy

Question 12

When a character in a play gives an extended speech showing their inner thoughts and feelings

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soliloquy

Question 13

Example: The sunset smiled and welcomed me home.

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personification

Question 14

When a word, which is a part of something, represents the whole of said thing (e.g. "the ice")

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synecdoche

Question 15

In a play, when an actor speaks to the audience -- and no character on stage can hear

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aside

Question 16

When the audience knows more than the characters in the play about something on stage

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dramatic irony

Question 17

The repetition of a word -- or words -- at the beginning of multiple sentences

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anaphora

Question 18

Example: I love any guy named Ben: Affleck, Zobrist, Hur, Franklin.

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cataloguing

Question 19

It describes the emotion in a speaker's words (i.e. sarcasm).

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tone

Question 20

In literature, a hint at what's to come -- whether you see it or not.

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foreshadowing

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