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Literary Devices
Actual Jeopardy Questions
Plot Mountain
5th Grade English
100

A contrast between two unlike things placed close together for effect.

Juxtaposition

100

Hints or clues about what will happen later.

Foreshadowing

100

"In Black and White" 

A standard set of these contains 28 rectangular black & white tiles marked with pips.

Dominoes 

100

This is the part of the plot where characters and setting are introduced.

Exposition

100

This is the main idea or lesson the author wants you to learn from a story.

Theme

200

When a character struggles against society, nature, or another force.

External Conflict

200

A contrast between expectation and reality. 

"A cop breaks the law." 

Irony

200

"Cryptocurrency"

Created in 2009, it was an early cryptocurrency & in terms of market capitalization & user base, it's still the big kahuna.

Bitcoin

200

This part of the story includes events that build suspense and develop the conflict.

Rising Action

200

Words like huge, tiny, freezing, and furious are examples of this part of speech.

Adjectives

300

When a character sturggles within their own mind?

Internal conflict

300

[DOUBLE POINTS] A refrence to another text, person, or event. 

Allusion

300

"Disney Movies by Song Lyrics" 

"We've got a lot to do! Is it one lump or two? For you, our guest!"

Beauty and the Beast

300

This is the turning point of the story where tension is highest.

Climax

300

Clues in the text that help the reader understand unfamiliar words are called this.

Context clues

400

[DOUBLE POINTS] “Many are called, but few are chosen” uses this device by balancing opposite ideas in a parallel structure.

Antithesis 

400

When the audience knows something that the characters on stage do not.

Dramatic Irony

400

"Facts and Figures" 

About 4,000 years ago, the last of these pachyderms--each weighing 6 to 8 tons--were living on Wrangel Island north of Siberia.

Wooly Mammoths

400

This part shows the consequences of the climax.

Falling Action

400

A group of words with a subject and predicate that expresses a complete thought is called this.

A sentence

500

If someone argues, “We should reduce homework,” and the response is “My opponent wants students to learn nothing,” this is an example of…

Strawman fallacy

500

A recurring idea, image, or symbol throughout a text.

Motif

500

"Teaching to the Test" 

Driving test prep: These should not be on within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle

high beams (brights) 

500

This is where the story's conflict is resolved.

Resolution

500

In the sentence, “The dog ran quickly,” this word tells how the action happened.

Adverb

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