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Honors Language Arts Literary Devices Quiz
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English
8th Grade
10/03/2010

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Term
Style
Definition
the way a writer uses language
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figures of speech
Definition

also known as figurative language

expressions that are not literally true but that suggest similarities between usually unrelated things

Term
Simile
Definition
a comparison of two unlike things using a word of comparison such as like, than, as, or resemble
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Metaphor
Definition
a comparison of two unlike things directly without using a specific word of comparison
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Extended metaphor
Definition
a metaphor where the comparison is extended as far as the writer wants to take it
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Personification
Definition
a way of giving a nonhuman or inanimate thing as if it had human or lifelike qualities
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Irony
Definition
when reality contradicts what we expect
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Verbal irony
Definition
when we say one thing and mean something else
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Situational irony
Definition
a situation that turns out to be just the opposite of what we would expect
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Dramatic irony
Definition
a situation when we know something that a character in a book, movie, or play doesn't know
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Imagery
Definition
language that creates word pictures and appeals to the senses-makes us feel that we are seeing, hearing, feeling, etc. what the writer is
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Dialect
Definition
a way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular place or group of people
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Symbolism
Definition
people, places, or events that have meaning in themselves but that also stand for something beyond themselves
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6 Ways of Reading Actively
Definition
  1. Predict
  2. Mark or Highlight
  3. Ask Questions
  4. Clarify
  5. React and Connect
  6. Visualize 
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