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Literary Devices Review
Literary Devices Review
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A review of English literary devices that high school students need to know.
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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Antagonist
Allegory
Allusion
Hyperbole
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A struggle between two opposing forces--usually a protagonist and an antagonist
Metaphor
Conflict
Onomatopoeia
Foil
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The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman
Imagery
Personification
Flashback
Situational Irony
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The emotional feeling or atmosphere that a work of literature produces in a reader
Hyperbole
Mood
Metaphor
Personification
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Descriptive language that causes people to imagine pictures in their mind
Alliteration
Simile
Imagery
Setting
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The comparison of two things without using like or as
Simile
Hyperbole
Protagonist
Metaphor
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Expresses the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience
Mood
Personification
Theme
Tone
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An indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of literary significance, etc.
Theme
Setting
Allegory
Allusion
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A story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Allegory
Theme
Plot
Antagonist
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When a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Anecdote
Situational Irony
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The narrator's position in relation to the story being told
Foil
Imagery
Hyperbole
Point of view
12
Sound words
Setting
Theme
Allegory
Onomatopoeia
13
This quote is an example of...
Protagonist
Foreshadowing
Simile
Tone
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An interruption of the chronological sequence in a literary work to go to an earlier occurrence
Flashback
Anecdote
Protagonist
Simile
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This quote is an example of...
Metaphor
Foil
Imagery
Conflict
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The leading character or one of the major characters in a text
Flat character
Static character
Round character
Protagonist
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This quote is an example of...
Plot
Personification
Metaphor
Setting
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The use of words to mean something different than what they appear to mean
Antagonist
Hyperbole
Verbal Irony
Setting
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The main idea of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly
Allegory
Connotation
Theme
Setting
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On October 23rd, 2014 Maya was camping in the forests of Washington. This is an example of...
Foil
Antagonist
Setting
Theme
