Irony
Which type of Irony?
The audience knows that Juliet has taken a sleep potion instead of poison, but Romeo doesn't know this.
Dramatic
True
Atlanta won the World Series.
Synecdoche
Atlanta represents the Braves as a whole.
The tornado ripped through the field like a locomotive is an example of:
A simile
Give an example of onomatopoeia
Answers will vary
The poem "Jabberwocky" comes from what book?
Alice in Wonderland
Which type of Irony?
In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy finds out at the end of the story that she had the power all along to go home.
Situational
She is a late bloomer is an example of a simile or metaphor.
Metaphor
Glenda’s father got angry at her for stretching the truth about why she was late.
Euphemism
"Stretching the truth" is a mild way of saying "lying"
The sunset looked like a ball of fire with vivid shades of orange and red is an example of:
Imagery
Wand and bond is an example of:
Rhyme
Who told the main character about the Jabberwocky?
His father
Which type of irony?
Your Math teacher says, “We are going to have so much fun today! We are having a Pop Quiz!”
Verbal
What is the rhyme scheme?
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!—
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
ABAB
My aunt is expecting, so she tries to eat only nutritious food.
Euphemism
"Expecting" is a mild way of saying pregnant.
“The little dog laughed/To see such a sport/And the dish ran away with the spoon” has two examples of
Personification
The "c" sound in Cathy was carrying cupcakes in a clear container is an example of:
Alliteration
Chortle is an example of:
a) enjambment
b) portmanteau
c) onomatopoeia
d) allusion
B
Portmanteau
What type of irony?
In the movie, The Hobbit – Battle of the Five Armies, Bard kills the dragon and saves the town, but the dragon falls on the town destroying it.
Situational
The “d” sound in “The muddy meadow made it hard to walk through” is an example of...........
Consonance
My grandfather is getting up there in years, so my mother tries to dissuade him from working in the hot sun.
Euphemism
"Getting up there in years" is a more mild way of saying "old"
The "i" sound in “The fish with the suitcase will sit in the den” an example of:
The "i" sound
Personification
What did the main character take back to his father after he killed the Jabberwocky?
The Jabberwocky's head.
Which type of irony is used?
In ‘Macbeth’, King Duncan says that he trusts Macbeth as he says “he was a gentleman on whom I built an absolute trust’, but the audience knows that Macbeth has been plotting to kill Duncan.
Dramatic
What is the repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of words?
Assonance
The farmer needed some new hired hands to help on the farm.
Synecdoche
"Hired hands" refers to workers as a whole, not actual hands.
What is enjambment?
When a sentence in a poem runs over multiple lines.
Which type of irony?
In ‘Macbeth’, Macbeth says of Banquo, ”Here’s our chief guest’. Literally, it means he is welcoming the most important guest to the feast but the truth is Banquo is the man he plans to murder.
Verbal
Who wrote Jabberwocky?
Lewis Carroll