Literary Devices

Question 1

Name that Literary Device: Gill walks into the house not knowing that the killer was waiting

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Dramatic Irony

Question 2

Name that Literary Device: anobject, action, person, or animal that represents something else

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Symbol

Question 3

Name that Literary Device: whencontrary terms are placed side by side in a single phrase

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Oxymoron

Question 4

Name that Literary Device: anythingthat affects or appeals to the reader’s senses

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Imagery

Question 5

Name that Literary Device: Mr. Patterson was a lion on the battlefield

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Metaphor

Question 6

Name that Literary Device: givinghuman qualities to an animal, object or concept

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Personification

Question 7

NAME THAT LITERARY DEVICES: The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way.

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Alliteration

Question 8

NAME THAT LITERARY DEVICES: I’m so sleepy I might fall asleep standing here

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Hyberbole

Question 9

Name that Literary Device: Acomparison between two items that uses words such as like or than

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Simile

Question 10

Name that Literary Device: MICROWAVE!

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Onomatopoeia

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