Literary Devices

Literary Devices

Review Questions!

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Multiple Choice

What is a hyperbole?

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in teh same phrase.
• A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.
• A big exaggeration in order to make a point.
• The use of words that imitate sounds.

Multiple Choice

Words such as "crack","splat", and "buzz" are examples of what?

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• simile
• personification

Multiple Choice

The comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" is referred to as a?

• metaphor
• flashback
• simile
• personification

Multiple Choice

The formation of a word or sound associated with what is named is called what?

• simile
• irony
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Multiple Choice

The comparison of one thing to another without using the words "like" or "as" is calles what?

• metaphor
• simile
• allegory
• allusion

Multiple Choice

Giving human traits and qualities to non-human things is what?

• Irony
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Metaphor

New Terms

Foreshadowing

• Foreshadowing gives a warning or indication of (a future event).

• There are different types of Foreshadowing, these are:

• Flashback - is when an author needs the reader to know something that doesn't fit with the current story line. 

• Symbolic - much harder to pick up. It makes you think outside the box. This type is just a hint at what will happen. Change in weather

• Red Herring - wild goose chase or smoke screen that diverts readers' attention. Its only purpose is to throw the reader off, causing more suspicion, intrigue, and surprise.

Plot Mountain

New Questions!

Multiple Choice

What is the synonym we use to describe the beginning of the story where the main characters, setting, and problem are introduced?

• beginning
• rising action
• introduction/exposition
• resolution

Multiple Choice

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• climax
• exposition
• falling action
• resolution

Multiple Choice

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• climax

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

Multiple Choice

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• climax
• rising action
• falling action
• resolution

Multiple Choice

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• exposition
• rising action
• falling action
• resolution

Multiple Choice

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• resolution

Multiple Choice

Which part of the plot is
the most intense?

• falling action
• exposition
• exposition
• climax

Multiple Choice

Which part of the plot
introduces the characters?

• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action

Multiple Choice

Read the following passage and determine which excerpt best foreshadows the ending.

When Mr. Goodenwell saw his baby boy Vince for the first time, he swore that he'd do anything to protect the little guy. This was easy at first, when all Vince did was lie in a pillow and drink milk. But as little Vince grew bigger, he started walking. And once he started walking, he got into everything. He was becoming a serious threat to himself when Mr. Goodenwell, making good on his vow to protect his son, went to the store and bought $150 worth of equipment to childproof his home. He put covers on the outlets, bumpers on the table corners, and a sliding lock on the toilet lid. But right as Mr. Goodenwell was adjusting the covers on the door knobs, Vince pulled the cap off an outlet and choked on it. Mr. Goodenwell found him just in time.

• But as little Vince grew bigger, he started walking.

• He put covers on the outlets, bumpers on the table corners, and a sliding lock on the toilet lid.

• He was becoming a serious threat to himself.

• This was easy at first, when all Vince did was lie in a pillow and drink milk.

Multiple Choice

What is the foreshadowing in this passage?

It was only 5:00AM, so everyone else in the house was still asleep. As they crept through the kitchen to the back door, Mary sniffed the air. It had the faint scent of coffee and something sweet. She shrugged it off and followed Justin out the door, down the back steps, and out onto the boat dock. The fog had settled over the lake, making it impossible to see anything.

• A)That Mary and Justin were going to go back to bed.

• B)That they might get into an accident or get lost on the lake because the fog made it impossible to see anything.

• C)They were about to eat breakfast.

• D)That Mary and Justin were going to go for a nice boat ride across the lake.

Multiple Choice

Define foreshadowing.

• A flashback of what happened previously
• A hint at something that will happen later
• Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things
• Comparing two unlike things using like or as