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  • 1.Miss BoylesSenior APEnglishApril 3, 2011Click on the arrow to begin

2. This interactive slideshow will review whatyouve learned about literary devices, test yourknowledge of them in general, and apply thatknowledge to passages from the main textsweve read in class AND AWAY WE GO!!! Click this arrow for a review of literary devices and definitions Click this arrow for an interactive quiz over literary devices Click this arrow for questions regarding literary devices in our main texts 3. A simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things,often introduced with the words "like" or "as" That actorlaughs like aClick scroll hyena!to return to Table of Contents Click anywhere to move on 4. A figure of speech in which animplied comparison is madebetween two unlike things that actually have something incommonClick scrollto return toTable ofContentsClick anywhere to move on 5. A comparison between twothings that are similar in someway, often used to help explainsomething or make it easier tounderstandClick scrollto return toTable ofContentsClick anywhere to move on 6. Giving human qualities toanimals or objects Click scroll to return to Table of Contents Click anywhere to move on 7. Hints of what is to come in the action of a play or storyForeshadowing can be, in fact, a form ofbackwriting. The writer goes back through the copy and addsforeshadowing to prepare the reader forClick scroll to return to later events. Table of ContentsClick anywhere to move on 8. Click on the literary device that corresponds to the example. The correct answer will turn red.The rush he got from skydiving was the same asthe rush Amanda got from winning the spelling bee.A) MetaphorB) AnalogyC) PersonificationD) SimileClick scrollto return toTable ofContentsClick anywhere to move on 9. Click on the literary device that corresponds to the example. The correct answer will turn red. The river swallowed the earth as the watercontinued to rise higher and higher.A) MetaphorB) AnalogyC) PersonificationD) SimileClick scrollto return toTable ofContentsClick anywhere to move on 10. Click on the literary device that corresponds to the example. The correct answer will turn red. The wind was a torrent of darkness among thegusty trees.A) MetaphorB) AnalogyC) PersonificationD) SimileClick scrollto return toTable ofContentsClick anywhere to move on 11. Click on the literary device that corresponds to the example. The correct answer will turn red.So are you to my thoughts as food to life.A) MetaphorB) AnalogyC) PersonificationD) SimileClick scrollto return toTable ofContentsClick anywhere to move on 12. Click on the literary device that corresponds to the example. The correct answer will turn red.Its been a hard days night, and Ive been workinglike a dog.A) MetaphorB) AnalogyC) PersonificationD) SimileClick scrollto return toTable ofContentsClick anywhere to move on 13. Click on the literary device that corresponds to the example. The correct answer will turn red.Americas treatment of slaves before the Civil Warwas in some ways similar to Germanys treatmentof Jewish people during WWII.A) MetaphorB) AnalogyC) PersonificationD) SimileClick scrollto return toTable ofContentsClick anywhere to move on 14. Click on the literary device that corresponds to the example. The correct answer will turn red.The moonlight danced over the water while the warm summer breeze hugged her shoulders.A) MetaphorB) AnalogyC) PersonificationD) SimileClick scrollto return toTable ofContentsClick anywhere to move on 15. Which literary device(s) are shown in the passage below? Once you decide, click on the questionmark to see the correct answer.But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief --Romeo & Juliet Metaphor &PersonificationClick scrollto return toTable ofContents Click anywhere to move on 16. Which literary device(s) are shown in the passage below? Once you click on an answer, thecorrect answer will turn red. Throughout The Perks of Being a Wallflower,Charlie mentions his special relationship with his aunt andalludes to something bad that happened to her. This is an example of ForeshadowingClick scrollto return toTable ofContentsClick anywhere to move on 17. Which literary device(s) are shown in the passage below? Once you click on an answer, thecorrect answer will turn red. The Ents in The Lord of the Rings are tree-like beings that walk, speak, and think. Ents are an example of PersonificationClick scrollto return toTable ofContentsClick anywhere to move on 18. Which literary device(s) are shown in the passage below? Once you click on an answer, thecorrect answer will turn red. The yellow wallpaper that torments the woman in TheYellow Wallpaper is a ____________ for her melancholyand oppression. MetaphorClick scrollto return toTable ofContentsClick anywhere to move on 19. Which literary device(s) are shown in the passage below? Once you click on an answer, thecorrect answer will turn red.The title Jumping Off Swings is a(n) __________ for growing up in general.AnalogyClick scrollto return toTable ofContentsClick anywhere to move on 20. http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/course/game/play.phtml?dest=Lit_v52.dcr%3Ca%20hrefhttp://www.studystack.com/flashcard-3595http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz2309931a72b00.html