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Literary Devices
Short Stories
A Christmas Carol
The Giver
Chains
100
A comparison using the words like or as
What is a simile?
100
Likely to occur at any moment
What is imminent?
100
Disliking people
What is misanthropic?
100
Filled with awe
What is awed?
100
A conflagration or blaze
What is an inferno?
200
Repetition of the same sound
What is an alliteration?
200
An object of pursuit
What is a quarry?
200
To decrease gradually
What is waning?
200
Full of light
What is luminous?
200
Having absolute authority
What is (a) sovereign?
300
An overused expression that has lost its original strength because it is used so much
What is a clichè?
300
Not wise, poor judgement
What is imprudent?
300
A deliberate insult
What is an affront?
300
A deep feeling of regret
What is remorse?
300
A violent uprising
What is an insurrection?
400
The mention of a familiar or famous person, historical event, place, book, or object
What is an allusion?
400
At breakneck speed or headfirst
What is headlong?
400
Persistent in effort
What is dogged?
400
Postponement or cancellation
What is a reprieve?
400
Behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the government
What is sedition?
500
The secondary, emotional meaning of a word
What is a connotation?
500
Having control over one's emotions
What is self-possessed?
500
Expressed without words or speech
What is tacit?
500
Adherence to moral principles
What is integrity?
500
A rapidly spreading and usually fatal disease
What is pestilence?