Literary Devices Review

Literary Devices Review

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What is a literary device?

a technique used by the author to create an effect.

Figurative language

What is it? When a word or phrase is used that does not have literal meaning but represents something else.

When is figurative language used? Authors use figurative language to make their work more interesting or to cause an effect on the reader.

Review

Metaphor

• contrasting two things that seems to be different

• "You are the sunshine of my life."

Multiple Choice

Which literary device is shown in the lyric: "A tornado flew around my room before you came excuse the mess it made, it usually doesn't rain.." (Ocean).

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• allusion

Multiple Choice

"Her mind is a steel trap" is an example of

• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Metaphor
• Imagery

• When human attributes (traits) are given to a non-human object

• "The trees danced in the wind."

• "The desk was stubborn and refused to move."

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​Personification

Multiple Choice

Which choice is the best example of personification?

• I'm so hungry, I can eat a horse.

• The sun smiled down on us.

• The tree broke.

• What are you going to do with all that bass?

Simile

• contrasting two things that seems to be different

• Uses "like" or "as" when contrasting

• "Her skin was as white as snow."

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is a simile?

• The classroom was a zoo.
• The night sky was as black as coal.
• If I can't get an iPhone, I will die.
• My alarm clock yells at me every morning.

Multiple Choice

An emerald is as green as grass,
A ruby red as blood;
A sapphire shines as blue as heaven. 

• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Personification
• Metaphor

Imagery

• words used to create images in the mind of the reader using their senses

• "The autumn leaves are a blanket on the ground."

Multiple Choice

"Chocolate is my Achilles' heel" or "He was the Babe Ruth of our generation" are both examples is this ..

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Symbol

• Simile

Multiple Choice

"Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Joe’s boots broke the forest’s silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket."
This passage is a good example of an author's use of ....

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Imagery
• Hyperbole

• When two contrasting ideas are used together

• ​"He is an escaped prisoner."

• ​"Jumbo shrimp"

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Oxymoron

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Multiple Choice

Which choice is the best oxymoron?

• Suddenly the room filled with a deafening silence.

• I couldn't go on longer.

• This helmet is killing me.

Allusion

• a short reference to another work of art, person, place, or object.

• Allusion can deepen or complicate the understanding of the story.

• "You’re acting like such a Scrooge!"

Multiple Choice

In Roman mythology, Cupid is the god of love. He often shoots arrows at people to make them love each other.

What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?

I know I'm playing Cupid, but I think Bob and my cousin should spend more time together.

• sharing or expressing an unpopular point of view

• trying to make people fall in love

• saying kind and pleasant things about people

Multiple Choice

What type of allusion is this?

• Mythological

• Biblical

• Historical

• Literary

Multiple Choice

What type of allusion is this:

"He draws very well, but he is no Leonardo da Vinci."

• Historical

• Literary

• Religion

• An exaggerated statement or claim that is not meant to be taken literally.

• "Cry me a river."

• "I have a million things to do today."

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Hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is the best example of a hyperbole?

• The game is taking a long time.

• The game is a long time.

• The game is taking forever.

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Multiple Choice

This figure of speech that compares two things, without using the words as/like.

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

• allusion

Multiple Choice

What does the figurative language in this phrase mean:

"Her head is in the clouds."

• She is not paying attention.

• She is flying.

• She is floating in the clouds.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of metaphor?

• My hand is as cold as snow.

• The glasses smiled at me.

• My life is a dream.

• now is like the sun.

Multiple Choice

How would allusion be defined?

• a reference to a famous person, place, or event

• words that involve one of the five senses

• two lines working as a unit

• a form or wordplay with similar sounding sounds

Multiple Choice

What is personification?

• The characters in a story.

• When human traits are given to a non-human thing.

• An exaggeration.

Multiple Choice

The sentence: "My shoes are killing me," is a...

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

Multiple Choice

Which figurative language is this:

"The local band has been playing every venue they can book, they think they are the next Rolling Stones."

• Allusion

• Imagery

• Simile

• Matephor

Multiple Choice

Which figurative language is this:

"The lake reflected the image back at her like a crystal clear mirror."

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Simile

Multiple Choice

"He is older than dirt." What does that mean?

• he is very dirty and needs to shower

• he is really old

• he is old and dirty

• dirt is really old

Multiple Choice

When ideas, actions, or objects are described in non-literal terms; when an author compares one thing to another.

• Metaphor

• Foreshadowing

• Allusion

• Repetition

Multiple Choice

When an author describes a scene, thing, or idea so that it appeals to our senses (taste, smell, sight, touch, or hearing).

• Oxymoron

• Imagery

• Euphemism

• Allegory

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences displays the best use of imagery?

• I am very hungry; I am so hungry I could eat a horse!

• My stomach is rumbling and is about to eat itself.

• My mouth is watering at the smell of the warm cookies, rising with steam, that smell like vanilla.

Multiple Select

Check all of the following which are metaphors

• They were clowns

• She ate like a bird

• She's a snake

• Like a wolf, he cried into the night.