Words and/or phrases that appeal to the reader's senses of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. They bring a piece of text alive so that you can use your imagination to see, hear, feel, taste, or smell what is being described.
Literary Techniques

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English
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10th Grade
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Hard
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Imagery
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A condition of an uncertain excitement felt by the reader which is brought about by anticipation and the readers become eager to know what will happen next.
Conflict
Foreshadowing
Suspense
Flashback
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
There is a memory recall device that occasionally brings some happenings into the narrative presents what has happened in the story.
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Figure of Speech
None of the choices
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An indirect comparison of two otherwise unlike things that have some qualities in common.
Ex., My hands are ice cubes.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Tone
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A comparison using "like" or "as."
Ex., My hands are like ice cubes.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Symbolism
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The giving of human qualities and traits to an animal, object or idea.
Ex., The dandelions danced in the breeze.
Hyperbole
Personification
Cliffhanger
Metaphor
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When the author takes the reader back in time to share an important memory.
Foreshadowing
Suspense
Flashback
Hyperbole
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