Literary Devices
This device compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"
Answer: What is a simile?
This author wrote "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
Answer: Who is Mark Twain?
The part of speech that names a person, place, or thing
Answer: What is a noun?
This language gave us the word "pizza"
Answer: What is Italian?
To be very easy
Answer: What is "a piece of cake"?
A play on words that uses similar-sounding words for humorous effect
Answer: What is a pun?
This author wrote the Harry Potter series
Answer: Who is J.K. Rowling?
The part of speech that describes a noun
Answer: What is an adjective?
The word "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of this ancient language
Answer: What is Greek? (alpha and beta)
To stop talking
Answer: What is "zip your lip"?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Answer: What is alliteration?
He wrote "A Christmas Carol" and "Oliver Twist"
Answer: Who is Charles Dickens?
The part of speech that shows action or state of being
Answer: What is a verb?
This language is the source of the word "entrepreneur"
Answer: What is French?
To be in trouble
Answer: What is "in hot water"?
A contradiction in terms, such as "deafening silence"
Answer: What is an oxymoron?
This playwright wrote "Romeo and Juliet" and "Hamlet"
Answer: Who is William Shakespeare?
The part of speech that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb
Answer: What is an adverb?
The word "ketchup" originates from this language
Answer: What is Chinese? (from "kê-tsiap")
To be completely surprised
Answer: What is "knocked my socks off"?
The attribution of human characteristics to non-human things
Answer: What is personification?
Author of "1984" and "Animal Farm"
Answer: Who is George Orwell?
The part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses
Answer: What is a conjunction?
The word "tabby" (for a type of cat) comes from this language and place
Answer: What is Arabic? (from "attabiya," a district in Baghdad)
To criticize someone who has been generous to you
Answer: What is "bite the hand that feeds you"?