Literary Devices
What literary device compares 2 things using "like" and "as"?
Simile
What type of sentence expresses a complete thought with one subject and verb?
Simple sentence
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
Shakespeare
What is a long speech given by a character alone on stage?
Soliloquy
What does "benevolent" mean?
kind, generous
What device gives human traits to nonhuman things?
Personification
What punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses without a conjunction?
Semicolon
Who is the author of The Great Gatsby?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
In Hamlet, who is Hamlet's mother?
Gertrude
What does "meticulous" mean?
careful, detailed
What device is an extreme exaggeration for effect?
Hyperbole
What is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb?
Adverb
Who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird?
Harper Lee
What is the term for a play on words?
Pun
What does "ambiguous" mean?
What device involves a contrast between expectation and reality?
Irony
What error occurs when two independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation?
run-on sentence
Who wrote 1984?
George Orwell
In Macbeth, who predicts Macbeth's rise to power?
3 witches
What does "candid" mean?
honest, straightforward
What is it called when a part represents a whole?
Synecdoche
Appositive
Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?
Jane Austen
What is the name of Shakespeare's theater in London?
Globe theatre
What does "ephemeral" mean?
lasting a short time