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Name the literary device used or described

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A comparison using "like" or "as"

simile

5

A comparison (without "like" or "as)

metaphor

5

Giving human characteristics to non-human things

personification

10

An exaggeration

hyperbole

15

A contrast between what would reasonably be expected and the reality

irony

15

A clue for something that will happen later in the story

foreshadowing

15

Vivid descriptions that show rather than tell

imagery

10

Name that literary device

Irony (Verbal)

20

"So there you have it. You're well aware of exactly what was coming to Himmel Street by the end of 1940. I know. You know. Liesel Meminger, however, cannot be put into that category" (p. 142).

Irony (Dramatic)

25

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Hyperbole

25

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Idiom

25

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Simile

20

CHALLENGE! What is this called?

Paradox

25

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Irony (Situational)

25

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Metaphor

20

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Personification

25