Literary Devices
A comparison using the words like or as
Simile
65-43 =
22
The Atlantic Ocean
Name the 5 senses
taste, touch, sight, hearing, smell
List the vowels in the English alphabet
a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y
The main character or hero of a story is known as the...
Protagonist
75% of 1000 is what?
750
Which continent (not country) has the largest population?
Asia
How many years are there in one century?
100 years
The capital city of Japan is what?
Tokyo
A literary device where words are used in quick succession and begin with letters belonging to the same sound group...For example: Wicked witch of the West
Alliteration
What is the square root of 144?
12
What razor-thin country accounts for more than half of the western coastline of South America?
Chile
Herbivores mean what?
An animal that only eats plants
The largest rain forest in the world is:
Amazon rain forest
This device gives the reader a hint or clue of something that is going to happen
Foreshadowing
What is the top number of a fraction called?
the numerator
Which U.S. state has the most active volcanoes?
a) Hawaii
b) California
c) Washington
d) Alaska
Alaska
The Earth´s atmosphere is mostly made up of this gas:
Nitrogen
What is the name of a group of stars that form an imaginary picture?
Constellation
The practice of attaching human traits and characteristics with inanimate objects, phenomena and animals
Personification
Name at least 3 of the 6 kinds of triangle:
isosceles, equilateral, scalene, obtuse, acute, and right
What is the flattest continent?
a) Africa
b) Australia
c) South America
d) Antarctica
Australia
A hexagon has how many sides?
6
Where did the Olympic games originate?
Greece