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Literary devices are...
Allusion
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Allusion
A brief, usually indirect reference to a person, place or event
To make evident or prove
To make the meaning more transparent and easy to understand
The power to bring about a result
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Literary devices are...
word choices.
an image created through style choices.
Language techniques writers use to create interesting text .
the emotion that an author presents in their work.
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In 'The Lord of the Rings', the One Ring is a symbol for...
Marriage
Fragility of relationships
My precioussss
Ultimate power
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Wisdom and foolishness
Juxtaposition
Hyperbole
Pathetic fallacy
Oxymoron
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Rhetorical appeals/devices are....
boring and add no value to writing.
tools the writer can use to sway an audience.
electronic devices used in the English classroom.
funny, short sayings.
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What is situational irony?
When the audience knows something that the characters don’t know.
It is snowy.
When we expect something to happen, but then the opposite happens.
When a speaker's intention is the opposite of what he or she is saying.
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Dark romanticism is characterized by...
No light source in the stories
The macabre and rational fears
God and religion
The macabre and irrational fears
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Alliteration
Arranging ideas and details of belief based on evidence and experience
Keep away from or stop yourself from doing
exaggerated statements or claims not mean to be taken literally
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
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Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter are...
Best friends
Foils
Brothers
I'm unsure
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An example of an Archetype is?
Gloomy weather in literature
Contemporary Style poetry
Any poem by William Shakespeare
The tragic hero
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'Dime a dozen'
Alliteration
Oxymoron
Idiom
Simile
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An example of trope is...
All of the above
A dilapidated location in a horror movie
A superhero wearing capes and Spandex
An innocent child
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In 'A Good Man is Hard to Find', the Grandmother saw herself as a...
Proper Southern lady
A good wife
A politician
An arrogant poet
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The word archetype means?
Having distinctive qualities of a particular person/thing
A fixed image or idea of a particular type of person/thing
A type of arc
A recurrent symbol or motif in literature
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In 'Tribes', the amateur robbers...
Couldn't decide which way to go
Couldn't decide how much they should steal
Couldn't decide who to rob based on race
Couldn't decide what to steal in the store
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Personification is...
I'm unsure
When something non-human takes on human characteristics
When something inanimate remains the same
When a person becomes an animal
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In 'Zygote' the Creature could be a symbol of...
That science is bad
How vulnerable our identities are on the internet
How easy it is to create a monster
How vulnerable we are as humans
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Which literary texts did Edgar Allan Poe write?
The Black Cat
Annabel Lee
All of the above
Murders in the Rue Morgue
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This Flannery O'Connor story has been described as "Southern Gothic".
The Cask of Amontillado
Gone with the Wind
The Masque of the Red Death
A Good Man is Hard to Find
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What does the idiom mean?
Someone who loves to read
Someone who reads in the dark
Someone who hates books
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Flashback is when...
There is lightning in the story
You jump forward in a story
There is no light source in the story
You jump backwards in a story
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Extended Metaphor
Literary device that gives us a hidden meaning
Comparison of two things in one sentence
Compares two things at length and in many ways.
Figure of speech that compares things w/o using like or as.
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Foreshadowing
An indirect reference
An indication of a future event
Words or phrases that aren’t meant to be taken literally
Comparing two things using like or as
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How do you make an inference?
Use clues from the text and my background knowledge
think really hard and the answer will come to me
use context clues
think about the whole text and what the author teaches
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Mood or feeling that is developed through various means...
Atmosphere
Allegory
Alliteration
Simile
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What literary devices are present?
Allusion, simile, and imagery
Allusion, simile, and tone
Allusion, simile, and metaphor
Allusion, simile, and literary analysis
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Macbeth is an example of a...
Tragic hero
A good king
A not very interesting hero
A video game character
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'War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength'
Paradox
Juxtaposition
Oxymoron
Pathetic fallacy
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That joke is so old, the last time I heard it I was riding a dinosaur.
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Alliteration
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What is an extended metaphor?
A simile disguised as a metaphor
A metaphor that is repeated and developed throughout work
A metaphor that compares something long to something short
A complex sentence containing a comparison
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In 'The Tell-Tale Heart', the narrator mentions the old man's...
Hidden stash of gold
Evil eye
Eagle Eye
Lack of awareness
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Wealth and poverty in 'The Prince and the Pauper'
Literary analysis
Hyperbole
Juxtaposition
I'm unsure
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What is dramatic irony?
When the audience knows something that the characters don’t know.
When we expect something to happen, but then the opposite happens.
Verbs are cool.
When a speaker's intention is the opposite of what he or she is saying.
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In 'Sultana's Dream' the men were...
Segregated from the women and hidden away in the zenana
Expected to work alongside the women
Segregated from the women and hidden away in the choroot
Segregated from the women and hidden away in the mardana
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Flannery O'Connor was known for writing about the intersection of ______ and ______.
Morality and redemption
Forgiveness and grief
Religion and violence
Diversity and friendship
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We complete literary analysis in order to...
Understand society from a different perspective
Because my English teacher expects me to
To sound intelligent
Understand the text on a deeper level
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A motif...
Is also an oxymoron
Repeats throughout a literary text
Doesn't repeat
Repeats in just a paragraph
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Looking at her son's messy room, Mom says, "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!"
Situational irony
Verbal irony
Dramatic irony
Hyperbole
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A statement that may seem contradictory but could make sense
Simile
Literary analysis
Pathetic fallacy
Paradox
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What is a literary foil?
A short speech given by one character
A humorous play on words
Characters who are opposite in many ways
A long uninterrupted speech given by one character
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What literary devices are present in this example?
Alliteration and simile
Tone and simile
Allegory and simile
Allusion and simile
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What is an allegory?
A text about communism.
A text that uses foreshadowing.
A text with a hidden meaning.
A text about capitalism.
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Pick the example of alliteration
Karli couldn't come outside
The car went "bang!"
The sun is a lightbulb
The moon reflected the sun
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Romeo believes that Juliet is dead, but we know that she's only asleep
Verbal irony
Situational irony
Dramatic irony
Inferenced irony
