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.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

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.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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.

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

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.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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

• Hyperbole
• Motif
• Literary Devices
• Simile

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

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

• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Literary Device

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D