Literary Devices
Compare and contrast
Theme and main idea
Time
Wildcard
100
Which is NOT a literary device?
a) Onomatopeia
b) Alliteration
c) Sugarcoating
c) Sugarcoating
100
When you look for differences between two or more things, you are
a) comparing
b) contrasting
b) contrasting
100
This is the conversation, the moral, or what the story is implicitly about:
a) Main idea
b) Theme
c) Flashback
b) Theme
100
This is when the narrator remembers something that happened in the past within a story
a) Flashback
b) Flashforward
c) End
a) Flashback
100
Why did people think Harry Potter was Salazar Slytherin's heir?
Because he spoke parceltongue and was at the wrong place at the wrong time
200
What literary device is this: Her smile was as bright as the flame of a candle
a) Simile
b) Metaphor
c) Personification
a) Simile
200
What is a venn diagram?
Two circles used to compare and contrast
200
What does it mean that something is explicitly said within a story?
It means that it's in the story word for word, no need to read between the lines or assume anything?
200
This is the part of the story that introduces the problem, the setting, and the main character
a) Beginning
b) Middle
c) End
a) Beginning
200
When hunting for the water beast, The Gobblewonker, how does Dipper ensure that they have a camera handy?
He packs many, many cameras into the boat
300
Identify ONE simile and ONE onompatopeia
The loud "crash!" of the pans against the kitchen floor startled the room. They all turned to look at me as if I had suddenly become a large neon sign. My face flushed red like a tomato while I tried to figure out how to explain this mess
Simile: flushed red like a tomato
Onomatopeia: Crash!
300
What are three comparisons between your favorite book and your favorite movie?
Give three similarities
300
What is the main idea of Harry Potter?
A human raised boy goes to a magic school to fulfill his destiny
300
What are some elements that you can find in the MIDDLE of a story?
The theme is explored and the characters deal with the problem
300
In the story of Cinderella, why can't Cinderella go to the ball?
Her stepmother won't allow her to
400
Create an alliteration (at least 3 words) with the letter M
My mom marched musically on Monday
400
Contrast at least three characteristics between you and a family member
Name three differences
400
Name at least ONE theme in Harry Potter
Strenght in found family, dealing with expectations, bravery in forging your own destiny, etc.
400
Name an example of a character changing for better or worse at the end of a story
Ex. Mabel learning to trust her brother at the end of the first episode of Gravity Falls
400
Why did Athena turn Arachne into a spider?
Because Arachne loved weaving so much that she would suffer too much if she couldn't anymore
500
Identify the personification:
a) The moon shone like a flashlight over the street.
b) The frame hung on the wall like a window to another world.
c) The fabric danced over the mannequin, grasping at its curves as if it were second nature to it.
c) The fabric danced over the mannequin, grasping at its curves as if it were second nature to it.
500
Compare and contrast (at least one of each) Gravity Falls and Harry Potter
Comparison: They're both fantasy, they both have a boy main character
Contrast: One is set in this world, the other is set in a magical world
500
Choose a movie, tv-show or book that you like and answer the following:
What is the main idea?
What is the theme?
How do you know that is the theme?
Example: Spider-man No Way Home
Main idea - Peter messes up the multiverse while trying to undo his mistakes
Theme - Running away from your troubles will only make them worse
Evidence - Each time Peter avoids dealing with his issues, he makes things more complicated
500
Compare and contrast (at least one each) a flashback with a flashforward
Compare: Both are jumps in time that break the order of events
Contrast: One goes forward in time and one goes back
500
In the Story of the 3 Little Pigs, why did the Big Bad Wolf want to get inside the little pigs' house?
Because he wanted to eat them