Define Figurative Language
Elements of Storytelling
Identify Figurative Language
Elements of Storytelling & Figurative Language
General Trivia
100

This type of figurative language means giving human qualities to non-human or non-living things.

Personification

100

Which writing strategy vividly describes something using the 5 senses? 

Imagery 

100

Identify the figurative language: "The rabbit was as slow as a sloth"

Simile 

100

Language that is meaningful, but not literally true. 

Figurative language 

100

The superhero who comes from the planet Krypton

Superman

200

This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."

Simile

200

Which element of storytelling defines the place and time of the story? 

Setting 

200

Identify the figurative language: I have to take a million tests this week. 

Hyperbole

200

Identify the figurative language: The lovely lilies looked as lively as ever.

Alliteration.

200

Which superhero has the theme "With great power comes great responsibility." ? 

Spiderman

300

This type of figurative language occurs when one thing represents something else. 

Symbolism 

300

Which element of storytelling refers to the creation of a character in a text? 

Characterization

300

Identify the figurative language: The sun smiled down on us. 

Personification 

300

Identify the figurative language: “Let it be the ballot or the bullet. Let him know that it must be the ballot or the bullet." 

Repetition OR alliteration OR symbolsim 

300

Which characters in the Harry Potter world make jokes and pranks?

Fred and George Weasley

400

This type of figurative language compares two things directly (WITHOUT using like or as).

Metaphor

400

Which writing strategy defines when what happens is the opposite of what you'd expect to happen? 

Irony 

400

Identify the figurative language: The disagreemnent was a raging wildfire in their house.

Metaphor

400
First person point of view uses which pronouns? 

I, we, me, us, etc. 

400

The video game that builds things out of cubes

Minecraft

500
A word whose spelling mimics an actual sound that it stands for

Onomatopoeia

500

Which element of storytelling describes the problem or difficulty in the story that creates tension? 

Conflict 

500

Harry Potter's scar, two fingers crossed, or two hands held together at the fingertips.

Symbolism 

500

The name for the different perspectives a narrator can have. 

Point of view 

500

The most popular, successful touring singer in America this year.

Taylor Swift

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