Review: Literary Devices

Review: Literary Devices

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English

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the term for extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or effect?

Back

Hyperbole

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What literary device involves the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words?

Back

Alliteration

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What do you call a word that imitates the sound it represents?

Back

Onomatopoeia

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a reference to another work of literature, person, or event called?

Back

Allusion

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning?

Back

Irony

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What literary device uses a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

Back

Simile

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

Back

Metaphor

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