Literacy Devices

Foreshadowing is:

• A golf technique.

• About an art technique that is coloring outside lines.

• A literary device in which an author drops subtle hints about plot developments to come later in the story.

• A literary device in which an author drops hints of an alternate story.

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A soliloquy is:

• A speech by a character, thinking aloud that allows the audience to listen to the private feelings and thoughts of a character.

• Internal thoughts where the character does not portray any feelings.

• A speech where the character is dramatic and talking to two other people.

• A staged speech where multiple characters are talking to each other.

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This is an example of anaphora:

• Imagine all the people.

• The road less travelled.

• Whistle while you work.

• Love is patient. Love is kind.

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This is an example of anadiplosis:

•  Fear leads to Anger. Anger leads to Hate. (Yoda)

• Two woods diverged in a yellow wood (Frost)

• I wake to fit the cranberry sky in my small hands (Kira)

• A black cat among roses (Lowell)

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A dramatic foil:

• Is a character who is similar to the main character to highlight the antagonists character.

• Is a character who contrasts with another character to highlight the main characters personality.

• Is a character who is similar with another character to highlight the main characters personality.

• Is a character who is contrasting and antagonistic to show off the lesser character’s emotions.

Similes is:

• A figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using like or as.

• A figure of speech that compares two similar things using like or as.

• A comparison of like things using than or resembles.

• A literary device that is long and descriptive of the emotions felt by the author.

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A metaphor is:

• An article in speech that compares similar things.

• Words that compare like animals.

• A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without the use of specific words of comparison.

• Unlike objects that are animated and tell their own story.

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Which is NOT an example of personification:

• Chip in Beauty and the beast.

• Anna in Frozen.

• Nemo in Finding Nemo.

• Olaf the snowman.

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What is the definition of a pun?

• A sad example of poor taste.

• A joke based on the spelling of a word.

• A story that is based on a word.

• A joke based on the use of a word that has more than one meaning but the same sound.

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written conversation between two or more characters.

• diction

• dialogue

• personification

• flashback

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