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Literary Devices: Match the Definition

Test your knowledge of the building blocks of literature. Can you match these common literary devices to their definitions?0 takes
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  • 01A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable, without using 'like' or 'as'.
  • 02A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, using 'like' or 'as' to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
  • 03The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
  • 04Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
  • 05The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
  • 06The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., 'cuckoo', 'sizzle').
  • 07A literary technique by which the full significance of a character's words or actions is clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
  • 08A literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
  • 09The use of objects, people, or ideas to signify ideas and qualities by giving them meanings that are different from their literal sense.
  • 10Visually descriptive or figurative language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste).
  • 11The placement of two things (concepts, characters, ideas, etc.) close together with contrasting effect.
  • 12An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
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