English NCFE Review Rhetorical Devices

The point in a story at which the conflict is dealt with:

Extreme exaggeration, generally used to make a point:

Hints the author/directorgives about what is to come:

A story about someone telling a story:

A comparison of two unlike objects using like or as:

When there is a difference between appearance and reality:

"Ben buttoned his blue blazer." This is an example of:

A reference to another literary work, character, concept, etc.:

A comparison of two unlike objects without using like or as:

When two words share a vaguely similar sound

The placement of two unlike objects near eachother to make a statement:

"The author of this poem is talking about the debt we owe each other." This is an example of:

Boom! Pow! Crash! Bang! These words are examples of:

The way a character speaks (gives clues to character’s origin):

Speech between characters:

The time and place of a story:

When two words share a similar sound:

The overarching idea the author wishes to conveyin his/her story:

Techniques the author/director uses to develop a character:

Jumping back to action that happened in the past:

Giving a non-human human characteristics:

"He sat, staring blankly out the window and cracking his knuckles." This is an example of:

"She made a mistake. She ate the apple. She ruined everything." This is an example of:

The repetition of initial consonant sounds:

Literary technique in which one thing represents something else:

Language designed to sound like what it describes:

The chain of events in a story:

Prior knowledge/experience a reader brings to a story:

The attitude the author/director takes toward the subject matter and/or audience:

When the spellings of two words is very similar,yet the words do not sound similar:

The technique of using a color to represent an idea/emotion/concept:

Language designed to convey clear and specific pictures in the reader’s mind:

The feeling generated in the reader/viewer:

All of the following are examples of figurative language EXCEPT:

The specific words a writer chooses to use:

The perspective from which the story is told:

A problem that must be solved or dealt with: