Figurative Language
Key Elements
Rhetorical Devices
Switz Facts
Trivia
100

A direct comparison between 2 things saying they are the same.

What is a Metaphor?

100

where and when a story happens

What is Setting?

100

I need evidence to make sense of this

What is logos?

100

This big guy is my favorite big lizard

Who is Godzilla?

100

The only 2 characters to appear in each numbered Star Wars movie

Who are R2D2 and C3P0?

200

An indirect comparison using like or as, these 2 things are similar

What is Simile?

200

A story's thesis

What is Theme?

200

DAILY DOUBLE: SADNESS! EMPATHY! SYMPATHY!

What is pathos?

200

I am Mr. Switz's favorite class!

What is a planning period?

200

I won Game of the Year in 2023 and am the greatest rpg ever made.

What is Baldur's Gate 3?

300

BANG! BOOM! ZAP! say the sound words

What is Onomatopoeia?

300

An object or person who takes ACTION!

What is Character?

300

It isn't right or wrong, it's moral.

What is ethos?

300

I am Mr. Switz's go-to Starbucks order

What is Iced Cold Brew/Black Coffee?

300

Stephen Hillel would be rolling in his grave if he saw what they've done to this beloved children's character on Nickelodeon.

Who is Spongebob Squarepants?

400

DAILY DOUBLE: The question beckoned the students to answer

What is Personification?

400

A sequence of events in a story

What is Plot?

400

I give up!

What is Concession?

400

I am the year Mr. Switz graduated from Western High School

What is 2009?

400

This meta-slasher redefined horror in the 90's

What is Scream?

500

The question had to be worth at least 9 trillion extra credit points

What is Hyperbole?

500

Oh no, there's a problem!

What is Conflict?

500

You might be right, but I am more right.

What is a Rebuttal/Counter-claim?

500

Daily Double: Latin rock! Progressive shredding! No singer!

What is Elders? (Mr. Switz's band)

500

These 3 goofy rodents love to sing their high pitched songs

Who are Alvin, Simon, and Theodore?

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