Literary Techniques

What is characterisation? (Best Answer)

• Describes how characters speak.

• Gives specific information about a character.

• To become a type of character.

• Another word for stereotyping.

What words do we use in a simile to compare two things?

When we refer to something famous, such as a person, event, or book, to give context to a situation - What are we using?

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Metaphor

The story of Ishmael’s birth uses what technique to engage the reader?

Reinforcing a theme through the deliberate exaggeration or emphasis of something uses what specific technique?

• Hesitation

• Hubris

• Humour

• Hyperbole

Which of the following is an example of HYPERBOLE?

• She was as quiet as a mouse.

• She was a mouse.

• She was the quietest person in the whole world!

• She was kind of quiet.

Direct characterization is...

• the author telling you a character's traits

• the author showing you a character's traits

Indirect characterization is...

• the author telling you a character's traits

• the author showing you a character's traits

A figure of speech in which 'like' or 'as' is used to make a comparison between two basically dissimilar ideas.

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Personification