Literary Devices Overview
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Which of the following literary devices involves attributing human qualities to inanimate objects?

  • Symbolism
  • Paradox
  • Metaphor
  • Pathetic fallacy (correct)
  • In dramatic irony, who typically knows something that a character does not?

  • The character's best friend
  • The author
  • The narrator
  • The audience (correct)
  • What literary device is displayed in the sentence 'I have a million things to do today'?

  • Hyperbole (correct)
  • Foreshadowing
  • Flashback
  • Alliteration
  • Which literary device involves putting two contradictory words together for a striking effect?

    <p>Oxymoron</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which element is used to create the prevailing feeling in a story known as the atmosphere or mood?

    <p>Imagery</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of language is used in short stories, essays, modern plays, and novels?

    <p>Prose</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What literary device is employed when 'She sells seashells by the seashore' is used?

    <p>Alliteration</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which literary device involves a comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'?

    <p>Metaphor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In literature, what does foreshadowing aim to achieve?

    <p>Create suspense</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of using symbols in literature?

    <p>To suggest deeper ideas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which element can be used to explain a character's motivation in a story?

    <p>Flashback</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'He was as strong as Hercules' is an example of what literary device?

    <p>Allusion</p> Signup and view all the answers

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