Middle Ages: Literary Devices Pretest

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Literary device comparing unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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Simile

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Alliteration is _____

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the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

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Literary device that gives human traits to non-human things:

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Personification

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Satire is _____.

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the art of making someone or something look ridiculous, raising laughter to embarrass or discredit its targets.

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An allegory is _____

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a story or poem that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning

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Verbal irony:

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saying something that does not match what is meant.

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Dramatic irony:

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when the audience knows something that the characters do not.

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Identify the hyperbole:

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His heart went bathing in a bath of blisses and melted into a thousand kisses.