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Let's review some literary devices
Let's review some literary devices
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Basic literary devices. Not comprehensive.
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A comparison of unlike things that says something is another thing...
alliteration
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
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A rhetorical question is
a question created by your voice rather than by a question mark.
is asked for effect rather than for an answer.
designed to make a character think.
used mostly to show that the author is unsure of themselves.
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The apartment was on the top floor—a small living-room, a small dining-room, a small bedroom, and a bath.
Juxtaposition
Symbol
Irony
Anaphora
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An interruption of the present action to insert something that took place earlier.
Flashback
Retrospection
Flashforward
Foreshadowing
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An extreme exaggeration used to prove a point...
hyperbole
cliché
onomatopoeia
metaphor
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"Fred is a pig when he eats" is an example of:
metaphor
hyperbole
simile
personification
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"Her brain is the size of a pea" is an example of:
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
simile
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This word is used to describe a third person narrator who knows the characters' thoughts.
Omniscient
Psychointuitive
Limited
Blindminded
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A fisherman looks out over the water, sees the picture below, and says, "Looks a bit choppy."
Understatement
Simile
Overstatement
Anapohora
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"Sally sat on a suede sofa" would be an example of...
personification
alliteration
cliché
hyperbole
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What does the picture below illustrate?
Irony
Anaphora
Symbolism
Imagery
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The idea or underlying meaning explored in a text
Character development
Setting
Theme
Storyline
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The series of events in a story.
Plot
Exposition
Theme
Resolution
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Any person, object, or idea that stands for something other than itself.
Plot
Theme
Symbol
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"Life is like a box of chocolates" is an example of:
Metaphor
simile
hyperbole
alliteration
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"The sad little maple tree fought the harsh autumn breeze." The literary device is:..
Personification
Tone
Imagery
Atmosphere
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Mental pictures created by using descriptions of the senses.
Plot
Imagery
Theme
Description
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In
Love Story
Taylor Swift sings, "That you were Romeo...and my daddy said 'Stay away from Juliet'". This is a
allusion
personification
diction
hyperbole
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Hints used to clue the reader into what might happen later in a piece are called...
exposition
foreshadowing
flashback
rising action
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Diction is
writing down what someone else said.
an author's choice of words to create an effect.
when an author uses big words instead of small ones.
when an author uses quotation marks in writing.