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Lit.Device QUIZ

Day A 9/30 and Day B 9/23

QuestionAnswer
Epiphany An event is suddenly understood in a new way; a sudden realization; an "ah, ha" moment
Metaphor a comparison of two unlike things not using like or as. Using is, of, are, for and were.
Imagery The words or phrases an author uses by appealing to the five senses.
Personification Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects or abstract ideas.
Foreshadowing Clues that suggest events that have yet to occur.
Characterization Everything about a character; thoughts; feelings; physical description; actions.
Denouement The problem set up in the inciting incident is unraveled; there is a revelation of meaning.
Symbol The use of any object, person, place or action that both has meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself.
Character vs. Society When a character has a problem with a tradition of rule of society.
Character vs. Self When a character must make a decision about a problem or struggle he is having within himself.
Mood The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.
Allusion A reference to a literary, mythological, or historical person, place or thing.
Inciting Incident Interrupts the peace and balance of the situation and one or more of the characters comes into conflict with an outside force, himself, or another character.
Point of View The perspective from which the story is told.
Antagonist The character opposing the protagonist; can be a person, idea or force.
Idiom An accepted phrase or expression having a meaning different from the literal. (e.g. hit the hay).
Irony When one thing is expected to happen or be, and the opposite occurs.
Flashback The interruption of events that happened at an earlier time.
Theme The central message or insight into life revealed through the literary work. A lesson about life or people.
Hyperbole A deliberate, extravagant and ofter outrageous exaggeration.
What is the name of Mrs. Gibbons' dog... Brunswick!
Created by: Yvette_gibbons
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