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If you say 'I did ok on the test,' when you got 99% is an example of:

Understatement

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'Yep. That's the right way to act at work.'

Sarcasm

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What literary device is this: A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.

Symbol

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What literary device is demonstrated here: 'He is Romeo to her Juliet.'

Allusion.

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She died of embarrassment

Hyperbole

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'We shall fight in France. We shall fight on the seas and oceans. We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall never surrender.’

Anaphora

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banana

Go to last place!

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rocket

Go to first place!

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fairy

Take points!

banana

Go to last place!

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seesaw

Swap points!

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gold

Win 50 points!

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fairy

Take points!

lifesaver

Give 25 points!

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heart

Other team wins 10 points!

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star

Double points!

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rocket

Go to first place!

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thief

Give points!

trap

No points!

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shark

Other team loses 25 points!

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fairy

Take points!

lifesaver

Give 10 points!

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When an audience knows more than the character does. EG: Othello believes Desdemona is unfaithful to him, but the audience knows she is not.

Dramatic irony

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Comparing two things that are not really like each other, using 'like' or 'as'. EG: My love is like a red, red rose.

Simile

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A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage

Soliloquy

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'They think they’re crAzy but thEy ain‘t crAzy lets fAce it...'

Assonance.

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A very strong contrast of opposing ideas, arguments or views. EG: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"

Juxtaposition

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A comparison between two things which are quite different. Doesn't use 'as' or 'like'. EG: 'There's daggers in men's smiles.'

Metaphor

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