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A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art in another literary work is | an allusion |
A kind of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice or folly in order to bring about social reform is called | satire |
A contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality is | irony |
The use of clues to hint at what is going to happen later in the plot is known as | foreshadowing |
The literary element otherwise known as sarcasm is | dramatic irony |
The writer's attitude toward the reader, a subject, or character is called | tone |
It is an error in judgment or a character weakness that causes a character's downfall; for example, Macbeth's greed and lust for power was his | tragic flaw |
Which of the following quotations contains hyperbole? | I would love you ten years before the Flood,/ And you should, if you please, refuse/Till the conversion of the Jews. |
The following line contains an example of what literary element? "She walks in beauty, like the night." | simile |
Which of the following elements occurs when what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected or appropriate? | verbal irony |