ABCTE - ELA - Literary Devices questions with 100% correct answers 2024

ABCTE - ELA - Literary DevicesVerbal Irony - correct answer When someone says the opposite of what they really mean/feel or when the words expressed are contrary to truth. This is often used with a sarcastic "tone." Verbal Irony - correct answer (ex.) Saying "Oh, fantastic!" when the situation is actually very poor Irony - correct answer Used to emphasize a point this literary device understates facts, denies the contrary of the truth, or states the opposite of the truth. Often categorized in Situation, Dramatic or Literary. Irony - correct answer (ex.) "The name of Britain's biggest dog was "Tiny"." Flashback - correct answer When the author interrupts logical time sequence to tell of something that previously occurred before the opening scene. Flashback - correct answer (ex.) "When I went out of the living room, first thing that came into view in the open corridor was the picture of my brother. [I just got the point why my mother used to see that portrait hours after he was killed in the WWII, and she left only when she saw any one of us coming to her.] I just heard steps and when I looked back, there was nothing that I could see. It was just a feeling of the past." Iambic Pentameter - correct answer Each line has 10 syllables (5 repetitions of a 2-syllable pattern). Read in "da-DUH" pattern. Iambic Pentameter - correct answer (ex.) "But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. " (William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet)