Literary Techniques

Which device is being used?

"He closed his eyes and was suddenly transported to his first time travelling alone."

• backshadowing

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• flashforward

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

In Chugbo Ugwuoke’s Ogadimma- The Diary of a Housemaid,

"Mrs. Bello feels a sense of familiarity when she looks at Ogadi, hinting that she is in fact her long lost daughter."

This implies the use of

• clairvoyance

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Referring to something famous for emphasis (e.g. Shakespeare)

• idioms

• couplet

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Two words that are used together that are opposite in meaning

(original copies)

• onomatopoeia

• jargon

• assonance

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Using details or adjective to create a mental picture in the reader's mind

• hyperbole

• imagery

• idioms

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

It is a "piece of cake" for Jack to ride his bicycle. The italicized word is an example of

• imagery

• idiom

• symbolism

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5