Literary Devices

Literary Devices

Quarter 2 Week 6

After going through this module, you are expected to:

• express appreciation for sensory images used;

Multiple Choice

The poetic device most often used in this stanza is the use of...

• enjambment

• repetition

• rhyme

• anaphora

Multiple Select

Which poetic devices are present within the first two lines?

• enjambment

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

Multiple Choice

"Boom", "Smack", "Quack" are all examples of...

• rhyme

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• enjambment

Multiple Choice

An allusion is...

• "... a comparison between two different things using 'like' or 'as'."

• "... a passing reference to a literary or historical person, place, or event, or to another literary work.?

• "... the repetition of sounds at the end of words."

• "... a direct address to an absent person or abstract entity."

Multiple Choice

Which of the following occurs when a line runs over to a succeeding line?

• enjambment

• assonance

• anaphora

• couplet

Literary Devices

Everything you need to know to analyze figurative language in poetry, drama, literature, speeches, etc.

Flashback

Foreshadowing

Irony

Verbal Irony

Situational Irony

Dramatic Irony

Style

Tone

Hyperbole

Archetype

Allusion

Symbolism

Figurative Language

language that is not meant to be taken literally, or word for word

Simile

Metaphor

Imagery

Visual

Gustatory

Auditory

Olfactory

Tactile

Motif

Mood

Sound Devices

Focus on the sound of words, rather than their meaning

Repetition

Rhyme 

Alliteration

Assonance

Consonance

Onomatopoeia

Personification

Multiple Choice

Choose the statement below that best represents an example of imagery.

• The dog ran down the road.
• The dog ran down the dirt road.
• The shaggy dog trotted briskly down the dirt covered road.
• The dog ran down the road, and walked down the sidewalk.

Multiple Choice

As Macbeth speaks of wanting to kill King Duncan, King Duncan waits outside Macbeth's palace singing the praises of Macbeth. This is an example of...

• Personification

• Irony

• Simile

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

The new shopping center being built in St. Matthews is going to cause the families in the apartment complex to lose their homes.  It is about time these people were told to leave so something better could go in their place.  These families deserve to be kicked out anyways.  The old apartment building was such an eye sore.  What is the author's attitude towards the families?

• The author wishes they could keep their homes
• The author does not care about the families
• The author has a thing for houses
• The author wants to help families move so they can have a better life.

Multiple Choice

Foreshadowing is when we learn what will happen in the ___________________.

• Past
• Present
• Future
• Never

Multiple Choice

What is the best example of foreshadowing below:

• Three witches telling Macbeth he will one day be King
• Banquo going to sleep and having a dream
• Macduff's wife dying
• Malcolm wants to kill Macbeth

Multiple Choice

"It is unbelievable to know how many parents leave their children for their own selfish desires." The tone of this author towards parents can be described as...

• Excited

• Disappointed

• Glad

• Joyful

Multiple Choice

"It is unbelievable to know how many parents leave their children for their own selfish desires." The tone of this author towards parents can be described as...

• Excited

• Disappointed

• Glad

• Joyful

Assignment

Finish all the the given task for this week.