Exploring Literary Devices and Techniques

What is imagery in literature?

• A type of figurative language that uses exaggeration for effect.

• Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.

• A narrative perspective that offers insight into one or more characters.

• A non-literal expression that doesn't make sense in context.

What is an idiom?

• A literal expression that makes sense in context.

• A non-literal expression that is commonly understood.

• A type of imagery that appeals to the senses.

• A narrative perspective that offers insight into one or more characters.

What does the term "point of view" refer to in literature?

• The use of descriptive language to appeal to the senses.

• The perspective from which the story is told.

• The symbolic meaning of objects in a story.

• The use of non-literal expressions.

Which of the following best describes an allegory?

• A story with a single level of meaning.

• A literary work with both a literal and a symbolic meaning.

• A type of imagery that appeals to the senses.

• A non-literal expression that is commonly understood.

What is the main difference between an allegory and a symbol?

• An allegory uses descriptive language, while a symbol does not.

• In an allegory, every narrative detail has a symbolic meaning.

• A symbol is a non-literal expression, while an allegory is not.

• An allegory is a perspective from which the story is told.

What is the third person omniscient point of view?

• A perspective where the narrator is a character in the story.

• A third-person perspective that offers insight into one or more characters.

• A first-person perspective that offers insight into the narrator's thoughts.

• A perspective that uses non-literal expressions.

Which of the following is an example of imagery?

• "The clock is ticking."

• "The sweet aroma of freshly baked cookies filled the air."

• "He has a heart of gold."

• "Time is money."

"He thought he might just sit there all night, relishing the last hours of his youth and his hopes" (Glynn 87). This is an example of

• interior monologue

• description

• dialogue

• exposition

repulsively ugly, unnatural, distorted

• grotesque

• dread

• vehement

When events in a story blur the boundary between what is real and what is unreal, it is called

• dreamlike or fantastic elements

• ambiguity

• themes of alienation

• bad humor