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