Literary Devices

Front

What is a deliberate exaggeration made for effect?

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Hyperbole

Front

What is a writer's intentional reuse of a sound, word, phrase, or sentence?

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Repetition

Front

What is a comparison of two seemingly unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'?

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Simile

Front

What type of Literary Element is the following: 'Break a leg! You will do great!'?

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Idiom

Front

What is the difference between appearance and reality, with three versions: Dramatic __________, Verbal __________, and Situational __________?

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Irony

Front

What is a figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human things?

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Personification

Front

What is a statement that seems contradictory but reveals a truth?

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Paradox

Front

What is a recurring theme or idea in a literary work?

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Motif

Front

What is a comparison that does not use 'like' or 'as'?

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Metaphor

Front

What is an expression that has a meaning different from the literal meaning of its individual words?

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Idiom