Keystone Vocab: Literary Devices

What is the best definition of allusion?

• Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling
• An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar or famous person, place, or event
• An organizational device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments.
  
• An exaggeration or overstatement (Ex. I had to wait forever).

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

Which word means a conversation between characters or speakers in a literary work or the speech of characters in a drama?

• Motif
• Imagery
• Foreshadowing
• Dialogue

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CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.8.6

What is the best definition of figurative language?

• Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling
• A conversation between characters or speakers in a literary work or the speech of characters in a drama
• A recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work
• A device in literature when an object or thing represents an idea.

Which word is an organizational device used in literature to present action that occurred before the current or present time of the story?

• Symbolism
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Flashback

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the best definition of the word foreshadowing?

• An organizational device used in literature to present action that occurred before the current or present time of the story.
• An object or idea given human qualities or a human form  
  
• An organizational device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments.
• A device in literature when an object or thing represents an idea.
  

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which word means the use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning or a disconnect between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result?

• Personification
• Symbolism
• Metaphor
• Irony

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is the best definition of imagery?

• Descriptive or figurative language in a literary work; the use of language to create sensory impressions
• The comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as 
• A device in literature when an object or thing represents an idea.
  
• A recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work

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CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

Which word is the term for tools used by the author to enliven and provide voice to the text?

• Hyperbole
• Motif
• Literary Devices
• Simile

What is the best definition of a metaphor?

• The comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as 
• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as 
• A device in literature when an object or thing represents an idea.
• An exaggeration or overstatement

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

Which word is a comparison of two unlike things using like or as?

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Literary Device

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CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.8.6