Literary Devices

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What is an idiom?

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A group of words that mean something other than the literal meaning.

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What device is "extravagant exaggeration?"

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Hyperbole.

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What is the word for two characters with opposite traits that balance each other?

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Foils.

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Which is an example of personification?

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The wheat danced in the wind.

Front

"I laughed like a hyena" is an example of what?

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Simile.

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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What is a hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as.'

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What is personification?

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Attributing human characteristics to non-human objects or abstract concepts.