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What device does this statement represent: This is the best pizza ever made in the history of the world!
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Allusion
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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Hyperbole
Motif
Mood
Hilariousness
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The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.
Organization
Diction
Syntax
Structure
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What device does this statement represent: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Apostrophe
Allusion
Alliteration
Allegory
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The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
Prosody
Alliteration
Rhyme scheme
Hyperbole
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What's the name of our school newspaper?
Breezes
Skipper Standard
Voyageur Voices
Issues
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What device does this statement represent: "Woof"
Onomatopoeia
A dog
A cat
Not a cat
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The process by which the writer reveals the personality of character
Foreshadowing
Characterization
Theme
Symbolism
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Often characterized as the author's attitude toward their topic or subject.
Motif
Tone
Mood
Theme
10
A word made from a sound associated with what is named.
Symbolism
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Allegory
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It signifies ideas and qualities by giving them non-literal meanings.
Prosody
Metaphor
Allegory
Symbolism
12
The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
Connotation
Syntax
Diction
Denotation
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It is a direct comparison using “like” or “as”.
Prosody
Simile
FANBOYS
Metaphor
14
What device does this statement represent: Her cheeks are red like a rose.
Metaphor
Rhyme
Simile
Alliteration
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Often characterized as the reader's feelings about the subject or topic.
Allusion
Tone
Personification
Mood
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What device does this statement represent: The assignment was a breeze.
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
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A division of poetry with four or more lines having a fixed length, meter or rhyming scheme.
Couplet
Stanza
Rhyme
Meter
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The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite.
Simile
Irony
Metaphor
Personification
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Words with the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series is called:
Rhyme
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Allegory
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A distinctive, recurring feature in a literary composition (related to 'theme'.)
Symbol
Theme
Syntax
Motif
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Reference to a person/place/thing/idea of historical/cultural/literary/political significance.
Allusion
Alliteration
Symbolism
Stanza
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The universal truth or insight the author communicates (a complete sentence)
Metaphor
Theme
Characterization
Motif
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Humpty Dumpty sat on a
wall
, Humpty Dumpty had a great
fall
.
Rhyme
Prosody
Nursery rhyme
Alliteration
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A figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes.
Allusion
Personification
Allegory
Stanza
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An implicit or implied comparison between two things that are different from each other.
Metaphor
Simile
Allegory
Allusion
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What device does this statement exemplify: A heart represents love.
Allusion
Metaphor
Symbolism
Hyperbole
