Literary Devices

Question 0

Dialogue

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Exchange of words between characters or people in text

~ “Hi”

Question 1

Alliteration

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Repetition of a similar sound

~Suzy, my sister, slept soundly

Question 2

Flashback

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Occurrence of events that’s have at a previous time

~ Forest Gump

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Foil

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A character in a story who is the opposite of the other character

~ Good Guy vs. Bad Guy

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Foreshadowing

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Words or phrases that hint at what may happen later

Question 5

Imagery

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Words or phrases that create a mental image; appeals to the 5 senses

~ The salty ocean breeze

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Irony

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The meaning implied by words is different form the actual meaning, opposite happens from what happened from what is expected to happen

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Metaphor

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A comparison between things not using like or as

~ The man was a beast

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Onomatopoeia

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A word that sounds like sounds like the sound it names

~ buzz

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Oxymoron

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Words with different meanings working together to form a phrase with a new meaning

Question 10

Personification

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Giving inanimate objects human characteristics

~ The wind howled

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Simile

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A comparison between things using like or as

~ He kicks like a mule

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Symbolism

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Giving something a concrete a deeper, abstract meaning

Question 13

Verisimilitude

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Having the state of being true to life

~ The movie Titanic