Duplicate of Literary Devices

Question 1

The meaning of a story and what it reveals about human nature. The takeaway.

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Theme

Question 2

"Life is like a box of chocolates."

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Simile

Question 3

What literary device is illustrated in the meme below?

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Reverse Stereotype

Question 4

What is the below quote an example of?

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Theme

Question 5

What type of conflict is a character experiencing if he deals with depression and insecurity?

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Person v. Self

Question 6

"I'm so hungry I could eat a cow" is an example of what literary device?

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Hyperbole

Question 7

What literary device does the below picture illustrate?

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parody

Question 8

What is illustrated by the below picture?

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Irony

Question 9

An interruption of the present action to insert an episode that took place earlier.

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Flashback

Question 10

Which literary device does the following picture illustrate?

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Onomatopoeia

Question 11

A character's speech to himself, herself, or no one in particular.

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Monologue

Question 12

My life is a never-ending roller coaster.

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Metaphor

Question 13

The feeling developed through descriptions of the setting and the five senses.

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Atmosphere

Question 14

We know that there is a thief hiding in the house, but the characters do not. What is this?

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Dramatic Irony

Question 15

Poets like Shakespeare wrote using a strict one of these. Shakespeare's was ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.

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Rhyme Scheme

Question 16

This word is used to describe a third person narrator who knows the characters' thoughts.

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Omniscient

Question 17

Mental pictures created by using descriptions of the senses.

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Imagery

Question 18

The sad maple fought the harsh autumn breeze for position of its remaining leaves.

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Personification

Question 19

Words that imitate sounds.

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Onomatopoeia

Question 20

Descriptions of the setting, using sensory details, creates this literary device...

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Atmosphere

Question 21

What does the below picture illustrate?

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Irony

Question 22

This term refers to anything that should not be taken literally.

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Figurative Language

Question 23

A fisherman looks out over the water, sees the picture below, and says, "Looks a bit choppy."

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Understatement

Question 24

What literary device is illustrated in the picture below?

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Alliteration

Question 25

The repetition of a sound that occurs inside of one or more sentences.

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Internal Rhyme

Question 26

Counting Crows

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Alliterative

Question 27

This literary device is used when good is rewarded and evil is punished.

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Poetic Justice

Question 28

Spoken lines between characters set with quotation marks.

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Dialogue

Question 29

What is used when an author shows/explains what a character is like, rather than simply telling

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Indirect Characterization

Question 30

Any person, object, or idea that stands for something other than itself.

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Symbol

Question 31

What happens in a story.

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Plot

Question 32

His hair was snow white and stuck to his head like duckfluff.

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simile

Question 33

Post-apocalyptic, Belleville, NY, with cow zombies in the year 2016 is an example of what?

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Setting

Question 34

Dill talks about having read Dracula before. Mentioning a book inside a book is an example of:

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Allusion

Question 35

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

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Simile

Question 36

When a person is portrayed in a fixed way.

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Stereotype

Question 37

The family was devastated by the fire. The house was gone. Their things were gone. All gone.

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Repetition

Question 38

What is the point of view of To Kill a Mockingbird?

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First Person

Question 39

Anakin eventually turns into Vader. What is Anakin's shadow an example of?

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Foreshadowing, Allusion

Question 40

What is illustrated below?

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Onomatopeia

Question 41

Hints used to clue the reader into what might happen later in a piece are considered...

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foreshadowing

Question 42

Which of the following is not a type of conflict?

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Person v. Family

Question 43

Metaphors and Similes are the most popular type of this literary device...

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Analogy

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