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Literary Devices

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1
Writers weave their witty, wonderful words into webs.
consonance
alliteration
assonance
allusion
2
I've asked you a million times to stop talking!
onomatopoeia
metaphor
assonance
hyperbole
3
Choose the oxymoron:
Between jobs
Awfully lucky
I am nobody.
Best of all time
4
What is the definition of personification??
give animals or inanimate object human like characteristics.
it makes all the animals that are locked up in cages free.
it makes the people of the society feel really thankful
it gives anything food.
5
Simile or Metaphor?
Metaphor
Simile
6
What is a flashback?
An occurrence to go back in time.
Time travel
To talk about something in the past
a sudden and disturbing vivid memory of an event in the past
7
What is foreshadowing?
An indirect reference
Words or phrases that aren’t meant to be taken literally
Comparing two things using like or as
An indication of a future event
8
When the author PLACES two concepts, characters, or ideas near each other so the reader compares or contrasts them
juxtaposition
hyperbole
metaphor
alliteration
9
Which of the following is an example of irony?
Tissue paper was invented in 1919.
The plumber's pipes are clogged.
I have an extra roll.
Did you call the plumber yet?
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What is the definition of simile?
sudden story turn around
describing something to provide you with an image
comparing two things using like or as
gives personal pronouns to inanimate objects