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Literary Device Definition
Literary Device Examples
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Riddles
100

Which is correct?

Important or Inportant

Important

100

A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, using the words like or as

Simile

100

She's got a heart of gold is an example of what literary device?

metaphor

100

_____ by William Golding is a classic novel about a group of British schoolboys stranded on an uninhabited island and their descent into savagery.

Lord of the Flies

100

What runs but never walks?

A River

200

Which is correct?

Coolly or Cooly?

Coolly

200

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Hyperbole

200

Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet is an example of what literary device?

Alliteration

200

_____, a play written in 1953, by Arthur Miller, details the Salem witch trials that occurred in Salem, Massachusetts as an allegory for McCarthyism.

The Crucible

200

What has a head and a tail but no body?

A Coin

300

Which is Correct?

Aquire or Acquire?

Acquire

300

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Personification

300

Sad rom-coms are my kryptonite is an example of what literary device?

Allusion

300

 ______ follows the turbulent relationship between Elizabeth Bennet, the daughter of a country gentleman, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, a rich aristocratic landowner.

Pride and Prejudice

300

What has hands but can't clap?

A Clock

400

Which is correct?

Supersede or Supercede?

Supersede

400

Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

Imagery

400

A silent scream or cruel kindness is an example of which literary device?

oxymoron

400

It tells the story of Jay, a self-made millionaire, and his pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy young woman whom he loved in his youth.

The Great Gatsby

400

What has a neck but no head?

A Bottle

500

Which is correct?

Miniscule or Minuscule?

Minuscule

500

A figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other, such as “hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins”.

Antithesis

500

Mike Likes White Stripes is an example of what literary device?

Assonance

500

_____ tells the story of the Joad family who travels to California from Oklahoma because landlords evicted tenant farmers due to the drought and dust storms. On the way, however, they stop at their first campground only to hear that California conditions are no better than Oklahoma's.

The Grapes of Wrath

500

What can you put in a bucket to make it weigh less?

A Hole