Literary Devices

Question 1

It indirectly conveys a particular meaning and symbolism through narratives.

Answer 1

Allegory

Question 2

It is the repetition of an initial consonant sound in words.

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Alliteration

Question 3

It is an indirect reference to another figure, event, place, or work of art that exists outside the story.

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Allusion

Question 4

It is the technique of embellishing a simple sentence with more details to increase its significance.

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Amplification

Question 5

Is a word puzzle where the author rearranges the letters in a word or phrase to make a new word or phrase.

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Anagram

Question 6

Compares one thing to something else to help explain a similarity that might not be easy to see.

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Analogy

Question 7

It is when non-human things like animals or objects act human, exhibiting traits such as speech, thoughts, complex emotions, and sometimes even wearing clothes and standing upright.

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Anthropomorphism

Question 8

It places two contrasting and polarized sentiments next to each other in order to accent both.

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Antithesis

Question 9

This literary technique takes two parallel clauses and inverts the word order of one to create a greater meaning.

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Chiasmus

Question 10

It is using casual and informal speech, including slang, in formal writing to make dialogue seem more realistic and authentic. It often incorporates respelling words and adding apostrophes to communicate the pronunciation.

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Colloquialism

Question 11

It is when the writer deliberately uses excessive words and overcomplicated sentence structures to intentionally convolute their meaning. In other words, it means to write lengthily and confusingly on purpose.

Answer 11

Circumlocution

Question 12

It is an independent, pre-existing quotation that introduces a piece of work, typically with some thematic or symbolic relevance.

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Epigraph

Question 13

It is a soft and inoffensive word or phrase that replaces a harsh, unpleasant, or hurtful one for the sake of sympathy or civility.

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Euphemism

Question 14

It is the technique of hinting at future events in a story using subtle parallels, usually to generate more suspense or engage the reader’s curiosity.

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Foreshadowing

Question 15

It is using exaggeration to add more power to what you’re saying, often to an unrealistic or unlikely degree.

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Hyperbole

Question 16

Refers to writing that invokes the reader’s senses with descriptive word choice to create a more vivid and realistic recreation of the scene in their mind.

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Imagery

Question 17

It is a figure of speech that compares two different things to show their similarities by insisting that they’re the same.

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Metaphor

Question 18

It is the emotional response the author is targeting. A writer sets the mood not just with the plot and characters, but also with tone and the aspects they choose to describe.

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Mood

Question 19

It is a recurring element in a story that holds some symbolic or conceptual meaning. It’s closely related to the theme, but motifs are specific objects or events, while themes are abstract ideas.

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Motif

Question 20

Fancy literary term, refers to words that represent sounds, with pronunciations similar to those sounds.

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Onomatopeoia

Question 21

Combines two contradictory words to give them a deeper and more poetic meaning.

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Oxymoron

Question 22

Combines two contradictory ideas in a way that, although illogical, still seems to make sense.

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Paradox

Question 23

It is when an author attributes human characteristics metaphorically to nonhuman things like the weather or inanimate objects.

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Personification

Question 24

It is the literary device of joining two words together to form a new word with a hybrid meaning.

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Portmanteau

Question 25

A type of comedic wordplay that involve homophones (different words that are pronounced the same) or two separate meanings of the same word.

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Puns

Question 26

It is a style of writing that uses parody and exaggeration to criticize the faults of society or human nature.

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Satire

Question 27

It is when objects, characters, actions, or other recurring elements in a story take on another, more profound meaning and/or represent an abstract concept.

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Symbolism

Question 28

Refers to the language and word choice an author uses with their subject matter, like a playful tone when describing children playing, or a hostile tone when describing the emergence of a villain.

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Tone