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Lit Devices and Theme
Lit Device Definitions
Lit Device Examples
Poetic Device Definitions
Poetic Device Examples
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The Rising Action is defined by
What is conflict?
100
When the audience knows something a character does not
What is dramatic irony
100
Great Expectations is told from what pov
What is 1st
100
a comparison between two things using like or as
What simile
100
Helios, Lord of Noon is an example of ...
What is Epithet
200
The highest point of unresolved conflict is
What is climax
200
An object that has a literal and figurative meaning
What is symbol
200
When Pip finds out that Magwitch is his benefactor, that is an example of _______________ irony
What is situational
200
The repetition of consonant sounds in a sentence
What is alliteration
200
whale road and sky candle are examples of ...
What is a kenning
300
T/F : A theme should tell you what to do
What is FALSE
300
When the character and reader are both shocked by an event
What is situational irony
300
True or False: Ms. Havisham and Mrs. Joe are foils to one another in GE
What FALSE
300
Visually descriptive or figurative language
What is imagery
300
Dawn spread on the eastern sky/ her fingers of pink light
What is personification
400
A theme should ...
What is Reveal a common human condition
400
an image that is repeated throughout a work
What is motif
400
T or F: Light is a motif in both Romeo and Juliet and Great Expectations
What is TRUE
400
detailed comparison that is many lines in length.
What is epic simile
400
"time is money" and "boiling mad" are examples of ...
What is Metaphor
500
A theme is not ... (name three things)
What is a word, a cliche, a moral
500
When a a narrator focuses his/her narration on one character
What is 3rd person limited
500
T/F: An internal conflict can exist outside of a person
What is FALSE
500
To begin a story in the middle of the plot
What is en medias res
500
I drove my weight on it from above and bored it home like a shipwright bores his beam with a shipwright’s drill that men below, whipping the strap back and forth, whirl and the drill keeps twisting, never stopping –So we seized our stake with it fiery tip and bored it round and round in the giant’s eye.
What is Epic Simile