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This is an example of what literary device:
"I don't want to go home," said Julia.
What is Dialogue?
the overall emotion created by a work of literature
clues that hint at what is going to happen later in the plot
What is Foreshadowing?
the vantage point from which a writer tells a thought
This is an example of what literary device:
I have to practice my times tables over and over and over again so I can learn them.
the use of a word whose sound limits or suggests its meaning
Bonus Points if you can spell it
What is Onomatopoeia?
a scene in a narrative work that interrupts the present action of the plot to "flash backward" and tell what happened at an earlier time
What is a Flashback?
the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character
What is Characterization?
This is an example of what literary device:
As slow as a sloth.
What is a Simile?
a word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level
the central idea or insight of a work of literature
What is Theme?
the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another
What is Alliteration?
This is an example of what literary device:
They sat in a small cabin in the middle of the woods.
What is Setting?
a kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human
What is Personification?
a person, place, thing, or event that stands for both itself and for something beyond itself
What is a Symbol?
the point of view where the narrator is a character in the story; it uses the pronoun "I" and the narrator can tell us
What is First Person Point of View?
This is an example of what literary device:
Life is like a box of chocolates—you never know what you're gonna get.
What is Analogy? (simile would also be acceptable)
a reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, or some other field of knowledge
What is an Allusion?
a contrast or discrepancy between expectations and reality--between what is said and what is really meant, between what is expected and what really happens
What is Irony?
the person telling the story -- the narrator -- knows everything that's going on in the story
What is Omniscient Point of View?