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Literary Terms

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A direct comparison using like or as is called a(n)
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Allegory
Simile
Metaphor
Oxymoron

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Q1
A direct comparison using like or as is called a(n)
Allegory
Simile
Metaphor
Oxymoron
30s
Q2
Giving human characteristics to an inanimate object is called...
Soliloquy
Personification
Imagery
Dramatic Irony
30s
Q3
The message the author wants to get across is called the...
Setting
Conflict
Plot
Theme
30s
Q4
Read this sentence: For fortune's favor found it there, Fay's famous fitted footwear. What literary device is being used here?
Onomatopoeia
Simile
oxymoron
Alliteration
30s
Q5
Formal division of lines in a poem is called a(n)
Stanza
Anecdote
Meter
Narration
30s

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