Name That Literary Device

When is the WBR due?

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An exaggeration

Crafting characters' speaking style to make them more realistic and convey information about them

Omitting conjunctions for stylistic effect

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A concrete thing (or person/place) is used to represent something abstract

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Name that literary device (hint: people's greed for the pearl eventually destroys them)

an expression that does not literally mean what it says, but has a different, understood meaning.

Meow, woof, squeak, moo

A contrast between what would reasonably be expected and the reality

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Vivid descriptions that show rather than tell

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"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).

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CHALLENGE! What is this called?

Giving human characteristics to non-human things

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A comparison using "like" or "as"

If your written book report was a hamburger.... what would the buns be made from?

A clue for something that will happen later in the story

A comparison (without "like" or "as)

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A "saying" (that makes no sense literally and often not too much sense figuratively)

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