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Name the literary device that authors use to keep their readers’ interest alive throughout the work.

Suspense

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Name the literary device in which any image or thing that stands for something else. It could be as simple as a letter, which is a symbol for a given sound (or set of sounds).

Symbol

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banana

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star

Double points!

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gift

Win 25 points!

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thief

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Name the literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

Foreshadowing

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Name the literary term that use various devices to expose flaws, critique society, and ridicule politics. Such devices include humor, irony, and exaggeration.

Satire

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seesaw

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seesaw

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fairy

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lifesaver

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Name the literary device in which the central topic or idea is explored in a text.

Theme

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Name the literary device in which a character remembers an earlier event that happened before the current point of the story.

Flashback

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baam

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rocket

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rocket

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banana

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Name the literary device in which a message is conveyed by, or a lesson learned from, a story, a poem, or an event.

Moral

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Name the literary device assuming that “they’re all alike.” It’s looking at a whole group of people and assuming that they all share certain qualities.

Stereotype

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Name the literary device in which the author has two or more characters to be engaged in conversation with one another.

dialogue

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