Vocabulary
Literary Devices
Famous Writers
100
What is a metaphor?
What is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that are basically unlike but have something in common?
100
What is imagery?
What is a visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work?
100
Who is William Shakespeare?
Who wrote the tragedy "Macbeth"?
200
What is a memoir?
What is a form of autobiographical writing in which a writer shares his or her personal experiences ad observations of significant events or people ?
200
What is onomatopoeia?
What device is an imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent?
200
Who is Dr. Seuss?
Who said, "Oh,the places ill go!"?
300
What is point of view?
What refers to the method of narration used in a short story, novel, narrative poem, or work of nonfiction?
300
What is personification?
What device is the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person?
300
Who is J.K Rowling?
Who wrote "The Casual Vacancy" alongside with other best selling books?
400
What is satire?
What is a literary technique in which ideas, customs, behaviors, or institutions that are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society?
400
What is alliteration?
What device uses words in a quick succession and begins with letters belonging to the same sound group?
400
Who is R.L Stine?
Who is an American, novelist, short story writer, television producer, screenwriter, and executive editor which was famous for creating one of the best horror television series?
500
What is paradox?
What is a seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that may nonetheless suggest and important truth?
500
What is caesura?
What is device involves creating a fracture of sorts within a sentence where the two separate parts are distinguishable from one another yet intrinsically linked to one another?
500
Who is Charles Dickens?
Who quoted, " The most important thing in life is to stop saying I wish and start saying I will"?
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