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Literary Devices Review 1

  •  English    17     Public
    Review of literary devices covered in class this week
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  • Sarcasm is a type of ___________________________.
    Verbal Irony
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  • Identify the type of irony: Someone posts a video on Youtube about how boring and useless Youtube is.
    Situational Irony
  •  15
  • Identify the type of irony: The wife believed that her husband died in an airplane crash and but the audience was aware that the husband had survived.
    Dramatic Irony
  •  15
  • Identify the type of irony: There's a rat infestation at the Department of Sanitation.
    Situational Irony
  •  15
  • Why is "The Lottery" an example of REVERSE dramatic irony?
    Because the characters know what's going to happen and the reader doesn't (until the end)
  •  15
  • What's one way that Jacobs used foreshadowing in "The Monkey's Paw"?
    By revealing the knowledge that a previous user had wished for death with his third wish
  •  15
  • Name the literary device where the author gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
    Foreshadowing
  •  15
  • The appearance of a single frame of Tyler Durden early in "Fight Club" hints at the later revelation that the protagonist and Tyler are the same person. This is ______________________.
    Foreshadowing
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  • It was a dark and stormy night... This is a description of ________________________.
    Setting
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  • Setting is the ______________________ and ____________________ where a story happens.
    time, place
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  • "The Lottery" is set in the ____________________ (season).
    Summer
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  • The author's means of conveying a character's personality, life history, values and physical attributes is called _________________________.
    Characterization
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  • In "The Monkey's Paw" _________________ is characterized as a tall, burly man, beady of eye and rubicund of visage.
    Sergeant - Major Morris
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  • In "The Lottery" ______________________ is characterized as a round­faced, jovial man.
    Mr. Summers
  •  15
  • Using an object to represent a bigger idea or theme is called ___________________.
    Symbolism
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  • In "The Lottery" the black box is a symbol of _____________________.
    Tradition
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