Literary Devices Review

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What literary device is used to hint at future events, building anticipation in a story?

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Foreshadowing

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Which literary device involves the use of sensory language to help readers imagine the story?

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Imagery

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What does the literary device 'personification' involve?

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Giving human qualities to non-human things

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Motif in literary terms

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A repeated element in a literary work

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Which literary device is characterized by exaggeration for comic effect or emphasis?

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Hyperbole

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Speaking of a nonhuman thing as if it has human feelings or actions (Ex. The wind moaned.)

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personification

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When an author uses a person, a place, an object, an animal, or an activity to stand for something beyond itself.

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symbolism

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Example of a symbol in literature:

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A character's journey that represents life's trials and tribulations

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An overstatement or exaggeration that should NOT be taken seriously

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hyperbole

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Identify the example of hyperbole:

She ran fast.

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The bag weighed a ton.

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He whispered softly in her ear.

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The water was cold.

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The bag weighed a ton.