Figuratively Speaking
Heroes and Heroines
Story Board
Rhyme Time
Poetic Justice
100
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!
What is an example of a hyperbole?
100
In the Batman series, Bruce Wayne and his alter ego are the center of the action and the main characters of the series.
What is a protagonist?
100
"Scary Movie," "Zombieland," and "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" are examples of this genre of literature.
What is a comedy?
100
Way up North, where there's ice and snow, lives a penguin whose name is Joe.
What is rhyme?
100
The moon is a week old -/ A dandelion to blow/ Scattering star seed.
What is a haiku?
200
The skies of his future began to darken.
What is an example of a metaphor?
200
In Phineas and Ferb, Dr. Doofenschmirtz is this to Perry the Platypus, although Perry often does this to Doof's plans.
What is a foil?
200
"Hamlet," "Macbeth," and "Romeo and Juliet" are all examples of this genre.
What is a tragedy?
200
"Barnacle Boy," "Daffy Duck," "Peter Parker," "Spongebob Squarepants," and "Doctor Doom" are all examples of this literary device.
What is alliteration?
200
Isolation quickly overwhelms me/ Begging for forgiveness, a fallen hand/ Desolation I now begin to see/ Hanging by a thin thread, a single strand/ I watch them… Their fears, their misbehaviour/ Mistreat, abuse…. Completely unaware/ I am the land, their glorious saviour/ Someday they will learn to treat me with care/ I wish they would learn to trust each other/ To join as one, to stand strong together/ A bond, a band and a mighty brother/ Forever as one, a powerful tether/ You may not know, that fear is their captor/ So you may not see each special factor
What is a sonnet?
300
A farm girl carrying eggs home, daydreams about the eggs growing into chickens, which she will sell and buy a beautiful dress. She starts practicing how she will pretend to be uninterested in the boys who will be ogling her dress, and when she does, the eggs fall out and break.
What is an example of a parable?
300
The "shushing librarian" and the "dumb jock" are special types of characters that do not change throughout the story.
What is a static character?
300
"The Lion and the Mouse," "The Tortoise and the Hare," and "Fox and the Grapes" are all examples of this genre.
What is a fable?
300
"Biff!" "Bam!" "Pow!" "Clang!" "Crash!" "Zoom!" are all examples of this literary device
What is onomatopoeia?
300
I ran around behind him for I thought that I would see/ The broken leg all bandaged up and bent back at the knee;/ But I didn't see the leg at all, there wasn't any there,/ So I asked him very kindly if he had it hid somewhere./ "Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.
What is a narrative poem?
400
If God is almighty, He should be able to create a rock that He cannot lift. But that would mean that He cannot lift the rock.
What is an example of a paradox?
400
Elaine is harsh and never shows compassion or charity towards anyone she works with, but she cannot pass a stray animal without giving it food, and she finds kind and loving families to take care of abandoned pets.
What is a round character?
400
Odin and his siblings warred with the Frost Giants, and during the final battle, Odin struck down the Frost Giants' leader. The Giant's body was then formed into Middle Earth; his flesh and bones became the land, his blood became the rivers and oceans, and his brain became the clouds.
What is a myth?
400
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
What is assonance?
400
Imagine a skunk who proposes,/ To his true love, surrounded by roses./ It may turn out just fine,/ When she falls for his line,/ But I wonder if flowers have noses?
What is a limerick?
500
The Queen must be careful that all of her servants are loyal to the crown and not her husband.
What is an example of a metonymy?
500
A hero fights against the forces of evil to protect the city, the girl, or the world.
What is an archetype?
500
A best-selling example of the true form of this genre is J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. A modern example is the "Twilight" series.
What is a romance?
500
He struck a streak of bad luck.
What is consonance?
500
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;/ My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;/ The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;/ From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;/ Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!/ But I, with mournful tread,/ Walk the deck my Captain lies,/ Fallen cold and dead.
What is an elegy?
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