Review: Literary Devices
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English
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9th - 12th Grade
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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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