Literary Devices Pre-Test

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Giving human traits to non-human things

Back

Personification

Front

An object representing something else

Back

symbolism

Front

Overstated and exaggerated

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hyperbole

Front

Reference to another literature or historical event

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allusion

Front

Spoken lines by characters in a story

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dialogue

Front

Comparing two unlike things

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Metaphor

Front

Revealing a reality different from what seems true

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Irony

Front

Words that create a picture for a reader

Back

imagery

Front

Comparison using 'like' or 'as'

Back

simile

Front

A struggle between opposing forces

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conflict