Literary Techniques and Devices!

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What is the term for the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect?

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Juxtaposition

Front

What is the use of words to mean something different from what a person actually says?

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Verbal irony

Front

What is a metrical foot consisting of one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables?

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Dactyl

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What rhetorical device shows a reversal, such as in the phrase 'Love makes time pass, time makes love pass'?

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Chiasmus

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What is a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement that may prove to be well founded or true upon investigation?

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Paradox

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What literary technique involves the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words?

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Alliteration

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What is the term for a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes?

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Personification

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What is the literary device that involves an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally?

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Hyperbole

Front

What is the term for a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile

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

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Metaphor