Pre Flashcard Literary Terms 2024-25

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The big headed, gray alien with the little, round pot belly looked on as the giant yellow beam zeroed in on the lonely cow. Options: Imagery, Oxymoron, Tone, Mood

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Imagery

Front

This class is a million years long!

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Hyperbole

Front

The reader finds out that a storm is coming, but the characters in the book don't know about it yet.

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Dramatic Irony

Front

What literary device is used in the sentence: "Lee Anne laughs loudly and lovingly"? Options: Allusion, Alliteration, Flashback, Understatement

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Alliteration

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Someone laughs at someone else for falling down. Then the person that laughed falls down too.

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Situational Irony

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A black cat can mean good marriage and a good future in southern England. Options: Irony, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Symbolism

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Symbolism

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What literary device is used in the sentence: "I turned into the living room and heard the click-clack of her knitting needles."? Options: Onomatopoeia, Theme, Symbolism, Alliteration

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Onomatopoeia

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"Life is a highway"

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Metaphor

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This is the beginning of the end.

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Paradox

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Living dead, seriously funny, big baby, awfully lucky

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Oxymoron