Upward Bound Pre Flashcard Lit Terms Summer 2025

Front

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'?

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Alliteration

Front

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

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Situational Irony

Front

A black cat can mean good marriage and a good future in southern England.

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Symbolism

Front

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

Front

"Life is a highway"

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Metaphor

Front

This is the beginning of the end.

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Paradox

Front

Living dead, seriously funny, big baby, awfully lucky

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Oxymoron