Literary Devices: Match the Definition: Multiple Choice

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01A literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
02A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, using 'like' or 'as' to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
03The use of objects, people, or ideas to signify ideas and qualities by giving them meanings that are different from their literal sense.
04A literary technique by which the full significance of a character's words or actions is clear to the audience or reader although unknown to the character.
05The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
06The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., 'cuckoo', 'sizzle').
07An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
08Visually descriptive or figurative language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste).
09Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
10The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
11The placement of two things (concepts, characters, ideas, etc.) close together with contrasting effect.
12A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable, without using 'like' or 'as'.