Literary elements

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of a word.

Question 2

allusion

Answer 2

reference to another work in liture

Question 3

Flashback

Answer 3

Interution in the action to tell about a past event

Question 4

Foreshadowing

Answer 4

dropping hints that predict future events

Question 5

hyperbole

Answer 5

over exaggeration to prove a point

Question 6

imagery

Answer 6

use of words that appeal to people’s (five senses)

Question 7

irony

Answer 7

expect one thing to happen but something else happens

Question 8

metaphor

Answer 8

comparison between to unlike things

Question 9

onomatopoeia

Answer 9

words like the sound it makes

Question 10

oxymoron

Answer 10

take 2 contradictory words and combine them

Question 11

paradox

Answer 11

something that seems contradictory but is true (phrases and sentences)

Question 12

personification

Answer 12

giving a non-human thing human-like qualities

Question 13

satire

Answer 13

humorous way to ridicule or make fun of someone

Question 14

symbol

Answer 14

something that stands for something bigger

Question 15

theme

Answer 15

the message that is relayed by the story