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Some important literary devices-8th
Some important literary devices-8th
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Basic literary devices especially for poem analysis. Not comprehensive.
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A comparison of unlike things that says something is another thing...
simile
alliteration
hyperbole
metaphor
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"The sad maple fought the harsh autumn breeze." The literary device is:..
Tone
Imagery
Personification
Atmosphere
3
Poets like Shakespeare wrote using a strict one of these. Shakespeare's was ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
Pattern
Rhyme
Vocabulary
Rhyme scheme
4
Hints used to clue the reader into what might happen later in a piece are considered...
foreshadowing
flashback
rising action
exposition
5
Any person, object, or idea that stands for something other than itself.
Symbol
Plot
Theme
6
An interruption of the present action to insert something that took place earlier.
Flashback
Retrospection
Flashforward
Foreshadowing
7
The meaning of a story and what it reveals about human nature.
Theme
Storyline
Character development
Setting
8
Mental pictures created by using descriptions of the senses.
Plot
Imagery
Description
Theme
9
"Life is like a box of chocolates" is an example of:
alliteration
hyperbole
simile
Metaphor
10
A character's speech to himself, herself, or no one in particular.
Prologue
Monologue
Yule log
Dialogue
11
This term refers to anything that should
not
be taken literally.
Symbolism
Imagery
Figurative language
Exaggeration
12
"Fred is a pig when he eats" is an example of:
hyperbole
personification
simile
metaphor
13
A fisherman looks out over the water, sees the picture below, and says, "Looks a bit choppy."
Overstatement
Understatement
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What is used when an author shows/explains what a character is like, rather than simply telling
Direct characterization
Indirect characterization
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The family was devastated by the fire. The house was gone. Their things were gone. All gone.
Setting
Repetition
Symbol
Irony
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What does the below picture illustrate?
Imagery
Irony
Figurative language
Symbolism
17
"Sally sat on a suede sofa" would be an example of...
cliché
alliteration
personification
hyperbole
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"Her brain is the size of a pea" is an example of:
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
personification
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This word is used to describe a third person narrator who knows the characters' thoughts.
Blindminded
Limited
Omniscient
Psychointuitive
20
An extreme exaggeration used to prove a point...
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
metaphor
cliché
21
What is the point of view of
The Road Not Taken?
Third person limited
Second person
First person
Third person omniscient
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What happens in a story.
Resolution
Exposition
Plot
Theme
