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The secondary story within a story

What is allegory?

100

Name a synonym from the word bank for the word "allusion"

What is hint?

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The following phrase is an example of what vocabulary term: "The grass was dark green." 

What is imagery?

100

What type of irony matches this example: "A pilot has a fear of heights." 

What is situational irony?

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An implied or indirect reference especially in literature

What is allusion?

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A type of figurative language that compares two different things using the words like or as

What is simile?

200

Name a synonym from the word bank for the word "jargon"

What is terminology?

200

The following phrase is an example of what vocabulary terms: "Buzz, hiss, pop"

What is onomatopoeia?

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What term matches this definition: A situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what is expected

What is irony?

200

The following phrase is an example of what vocabulary term: "I'm feeling under the weather"

What is idiom?

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An expression that holds a different meaning than its literal meaning

What is idiom?

300

Name a synonym from the word bank for the word "irony"

What is contradiction?

300

The following phrase is an example of what vocabulary term: "Sour candy is my Achilles Heel"

What is allusion?

300

What term matches this definition: A situation in which actions have the opposite effect of what occurs

What is situational irony?

300

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary term: Red roses (...) love.

What is symbolize?

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The repetition of the vowel sound in a series of words

What is assonance?

400

Name a synonym from the word bank for the word "hyperbole"

What is overstatement?

400

The following phrase is an example of what vocabulary term: "A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tired." 

What is pun?

400

The following word is an example of what type of irony: "sarcasm"

What is verbal irony?

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When two or more nearby words start with the same consonant sound

What is alliteration?

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The naming of a thing or action by the imitation of the sound associated with its sound

What is onomatopoeia?

500

Name a synonym from the word bank for the word "idiom"

What is expression?

500

The following phrase is an example of what vocabulary term: "The blue butterfly bumped into a box." 

What is alliteration?

500

What term matches this definition: When the audience understands the significance of an event but the characters do not 

What is dramatic irony?

500

The following phrase is an example of what vocabulary term: "My ice cream cone was 10 feet tall" 

What is hyperbole?

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