Lit Terms Review Part 2

______________ is a literary device in which contradictory statements or situations reveal a reality that is different from what appears to be true.

• Irony

• Symbol

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A literary ___________ is an object, a person, a situation, or an action that has a literal meaning in a story but suggests or represents other meanings.

• Irony

• Symbol

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

As a literary device, _______________ refers to the central, more profound meaning of a written work. Writers typically allow the reader to perceive and interpret it, rather than overtly or directly state it.

• Irony

• Symbol

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

________________ is a literary device that reflects repetition in two or more nearby words of initial consonant sounds.

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An ______________ is a reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar.

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

__________________ is defined as a short and interesting story or an amusing event, often proposed to support or demonstrate some point and to make the audience laugh.

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

_____________________ is a literary device that writers utilize as a means to indicate or hint to readers something that is to follow or appear later in a story.

• Foreshadowing

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Dilemma

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

__________________ is a figure of speech and literary device that creates a heightened effect through deliberate exaggeration.

• Foreshadowing

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Dilemma

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

_____________________ is a literary device that refers to the use of figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader.

• Foreshadowing

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Dilemma

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

It presents multiple possibilities, all of which seem practically acceptable.

• Foreshadowing

• Hyperbole

• Imagery

• Dilemma

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5