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Literary Terms & Devices G-O

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the exact meanings of words or text; e.g. one week = exactly 7 days

(a)  

2.

a respectful imitation of something

(a)  

3.

kind of figurative speech that makes a direct comparison between two different things, often using a form of "be"

(a)  

4.

a great exaggeration; e.g., "tons of homework"

(a)  

5.

a newly invented word; e.g. "vaping"

(a)  

6.

another idea that does not follow from the original idea; e.g., It's raining, so I'll eat an apple.

(a)  

7.

when words imitate the sounds that they represent; e.g., "buzz".

(a)  

8.

When the opposite of what you expect happens or is said; e.g., a swimming champion drowns in a bathtub

(a)  

9.

pattern of stressed and unstressed words

(a)  

10.

an idea or theme that keeps repeating

(a)  

11.

putting two things close together

(a)  

12.

two unlike things put together; e.g., jumbo shrimp

(a)