Literary Devices Review

What literary device is used to hint at future events, building anticipation in a story?

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Foreshadowing

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which literary device involves the use of sensory language to help readers imagine the story?

• Symbolism

• Imagery

• Flashback

• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What does the literary device 'personification' involve?

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

• Making comparisons using 'like' or 'as'

• Repeating elements to add significance

• Exaggerating for comic effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is a 'motif' in literary terms?

• A repeated element in a literary work

• Using colors to describe emotions

• A type of clothing

• A paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which literary device is characterized by exaggeration for comic effect or emphasis?

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Irony

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Speaking of a nonhuman thing as if it has human feelings or actions (Ex. The wind moaned.)

• hyperbole
• idiom
• personification
• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

When an author uses a person, a place, an object, an animal, or an activity to stand for something beyond itself

• allusion

• symbolism

• motif

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following is an example of a symbol in literature?

• A character's journey that represents life's trials and tribulations

• A character saying, "Life is like a box of chocolates."

• Describing a setting in vivid detail

• A character overcoming a fear

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

An overstatement or exaggeration that should NOT be taken seriously

• onomatopoeia

• symbolism

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Identify the example of hyperbole:

• She ran fast.

• The bag weighed a ton.

• He whispered softly in her ear.

• The water was cold.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A