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Kahoot Review Questions for SEI Lesson 1

Literary Devices
A review of the different types of literary devices.
Correct answers are highlighted.

What is a literary device?

 The use of a mild word(s) instead of one that is unpleasant.


 Techniques a writer uses to help further a storyline.
 Techniques a writer or speaker uses to share a message.

What is diction?

 The use of a mild word(s) instead of one that is unpleasant.


 The way words are used in speech or writing.
 Language that causes people to imagine pictures.

What is foreshadowing?

 A story where characters and events represent real life.


 To give a suggestion of something that has not yet happened.
 The narrator's position in relation to a story being told.

What is a euphemism?

 Word(s) used for one thing used for another show similarity.
 A combination of words that have opposite meanings.
 The use of a mild word(s) instead of one that is unpleasant.

What is imagery?

 Language that causes people to imagine pictures.


 A quality, feeling, or attitude expressed by words.
 Representing a thing or idea as a person.

What is a metaphor?

 An expression with a meaning separate from individual words.


 Word(s) used for one thing used for another show similarity.
 A quality, feeling, or attitude expressed by words.

What is personification?

 Representing a thing or idea as a person.


 A quality, feeling, or attitude expressed by words.
 The narrator's position in relation to a story being told.

What is point of view?

 Language that causes people to imagine pictures.


 To give a suggestion of something that has not yet happened.
 The narrator's position in relation to a story being told.

What is an allegory?

 Word(s) used for one thing used for another show similarity.
 A story where characters and events represent real life.
 The way words are used in speech or writing.

What is tone?

 A quality, feeling, or attitude expressed by words.


 Language that causes people to imagine pictures.
 An expression with a meaning separate from individual words.

What is an idiom?

 An expression with a meaning separate from individual words.


 A phrase using like or as to compare two people or things.
 A combination of words that have opposite meanings.

What is an oxymoron?

 A phrase using like or as to compare two people or things.


 Word(s) used for one thing used for another show similarity.
 A combination of words that have opposite meanings.

What is a simile?

 A phrase using like or as to compare two people or things.


 The use of a mild word(s) instead of one that is unpleasant.
 Word(s) used for one thing used for another show similarity.

Sources:

"Diction." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster. Web. 28 Apr. 2017.

"Euphemism." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster. Web. 28 Apr. 2017.

"Foreshadow." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster. Web. 29 Apr. 2017.

"Imagery." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster. Web. 28 Apr. 2017.


"Metaphor." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster. Web. 29 Apr. 2017.

"Personification." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster. Web.

"point of view". Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 29 Apr. 2017.

"Allegory." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster. Web. 29 Apr. 2017.

"Tone." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster. Web. 29 Apr. 2017.

"Idiom." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster. Web. 28 Apr. 2017.

"Oxymoron." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster. Web. 29 Apr. 2017.

"Simile." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster. Web. 29 Apr. 2017.

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