Figurative Language
Literary Devices
Poetry
Constructed Response
Context Clues
100
The leaves waved in the wind as I wound my way through the campus to my first day of class as a college student.
What is personification?
100
This is another name for the villain or person working against the main character.
What is an antagonist?
100
This is a 2-line rhymed sequence
What is a couplet?
100
This is the acronym to remember for the constructed response part of the test.
What is TEDDA?
100
The music was obstreperous in the teenager's bedroom, and his mother told him to turn it down. Obstreperous means...
What is noisy or loud?
200
"The backbone of the family was always Sherry's mother who quietly supported each and every person.'
What is metaphor?
200
This is where hints are given to reveal future outcome in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
200
This is the term for joined lines in poetry or in songs (sort of like a paragraph in prose).
What is a stanza?
200
In your first sentence, you should do this.
What is restate and answer the question?
200
The girl was feckless in the way she took care of her phone; the screen was cracked after a week. Feckless means...
What is careless?
300
"We covered this a million times yesterday and yet you still don't get it!"
What is hyperbole?
300
This is where the reader is taken back in time to see past events.
What is flashback?
300
This is the term for the pattern of rhyme.
What is the rhyme scheme?
300
This is the part where you elaborate on the example you used.
What is a detail?
300
The child was garrulous and often got in trouble for distracted his peers with his irrelevant comments. Garrulous means...
What is talkative?
400
Don't be such a Scrooge!
What is allusion?
400
This is when you, the reader, know what is going on in the story, but the characters do not.
What is dramatic irony?
400
This is when there is a repetition of beginning sounds in a poem.
What is alliteration?
400
This is the part of the response that concludes your essay.
What is analysis?
400
Though we had no real proof, we felt certain she was malingering in order to get out of the cleaning day at work. Malingering means...
What is faking an injury or illness to shirk a duty?
500
The boisterous beating of the ancient drums mixed with the scene of a reddish, orange sky and smell of burnt leaves left a lasting impression.
What is imagery?
500
This is when you and the characters are both fooled; unexpected outcome
What is situational irony?
500
This is the term for a comparison that uses "like" or "as"?
What is a simile?
500
This is what you should include as proof in your paragraph in response to a text based question.
What is an example?
500
The dry salt is very hygroscopic; it deliquesces into an oily solution in ordinary air. Deliquesce means?
What is melts?
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