Devices unit test

Question 1

Simile

Answer 1

noun a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with like' or as’)

Question 2

Metaphor

Answer 2

noun a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

Question 3

Hyperbole

Answer 3

noun extravagant exaggeration

Question 4

Personification

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noun the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.; representing an abstract quality or idea as a person or creature; a person who represents an abstract quality

Question 5

Allusion

Answer 5

noun passing reference or indirect mention

Question 6

Verbal Irony

Answer 6

The definition of verbal irony is a statement in which the speaker’s words are incongruous with the speaker’s intent.

Question 7

Situational irony

Answer 7

a striking reversal of what is expected or intended from the situation

Question 8

Irony

Answer 8

noun incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs; witty language used to convey insults or scorn

Question 9

Dramatic Irony

Answer 9

Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something that the characters don’t.

Question 10

Imagery

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noun the ability to form mental images of things or events

Question 11

Onomatopoeia

Answer 11

noun using words that imitate the sound they denote

Question 12

Tone

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In literature, tone is, simply put, the attitude that a character or narrator or author takes towards a given subject.

Question 13

Oxymoron

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noun conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence)

Question 14

Foreshadowing

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indistinctly prophetic; noun the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand

Question 15

Flashback

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noun a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story; an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)

Question 16

Pun

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noun a humorous play on words; verb make a play on words

Question 17

Motif

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noun a design that consists of recurring shapes or colors; a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music; a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work

Question 18

Alliteration

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noun use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse

Question 19

Pathetic Fallacy

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When the weather reflects the. tone/mood of a scene.Suspense - noun an uncertain cognitive state; excited anticipation of an approaching climax; apprehension about what is going to happen

Question 20

Parody

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noun humorous or satirical mimicry; a composition that imitates somebody’s style in a humorous way; verb make a spoof of or make fun of; make a parody of

Question 21

Symbol

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A literary symbol is an object, a person, a situation, or an action that has a literal meaning in a story but suggests or represents other meanings.