Poetry & Figurative Language
Figurative Language
Literary Terms
Novels that are Movies
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Two unlike things compared WITHOUT "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
100
Two unlike things compared WITH "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
100
When the author leaves clues to hint at future events.
What is foreshadowing?
100
A famous character had to hunt for the sorcerer's stone in what movie?
What is "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."
100
The shortest player ever to play in the NBA.
Who is Tyrone Bogues. Tyrone Bogues is 5'3 and is an American retired basketball player. He played as point guard.
200
A penny for your thoughts.
What is an idiom?
200
"BOOM. BANG. HONK. OW."
What is onomatopoeia?
200
When the author uses specific words to create feeling.
What is tone?
200
Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend.
What is American Sniper?
200
What male tennis player has won the most Grand Slam titles?
Who is Roger Federer. Roger Federer is a Swiss Tennis Player. Many people have called him the greatest male tennis player of all time.
300
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune--without the words, And never stops at all
What is an extended metaphor?
300
The Bible is the most shoplifted book in America.
What is irony?
300
The central conflict in Out of the Dust.
What is Man vs. Nature?
300
The character whose name is number four is a part of what franchise?
What is "Divergent"?
300
John Cena's catch phrase as a professional wrestler.
What is, "You can't see me!"
400
The meter of this poem: "The Only News I know / Is bulletins all day / From Immortality."
What is trimeter?
400
"And Eden sank to grief."
What is an allusion?
400
When the main character sees everything though his or her eyes. The reader does not see anyone else's thoughts.
What is first person POV?
400
The author of the book that inspired the trilogy about a dystopian society that sends children to a game where they play to the death.
Who is Suzanne Collins?
400
37 goals is the record for a Top Scorer in a single Dutch Eredivisie season since 1980. Which player achieved that impressive season tally?
Who is Marco van Basten?
500
Lots of folk live up lanes With fires in a bucket, Eat windfalls and tinned sardines- They seem to like it. The name of this ^ type of rhyme.
What is a slant rhyme?
500
"All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others."
What is a paradox?
500
STEAL--Indirect characterization.
What is speech, thoughts, effects, actions, and looks?
500
The names of the two very good hobbit friends (they look like twins!) from the famous trilogy written by JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings?
Who are Merry and Pippin?
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What is the name of this musical number, performed in the cafeteria of the famous high school that is home to the Wild Cats?
What is "Stick to the Status Quo"
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