Literary Devices
Examples of Lit. Devices
Freedom Writers
Culture
How well do you know me?
100
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is simile
100
Her smile was the sun.
What is a metaphor
100
What is the teacher's name? *Double Jeopardy*
Who is Erin Gruwell
100
Name 3 subcultures
What are sports, politics, race, religion, food, nationality, language, education, health, gender, community, fashion, music, hobbies, etc.
100
This movie saga involving Luke Skywalker and R2-D2 is one of my favorites.
What is Star Wars
200
An extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole
200
Sally shopped Sunday at Susan's Saloon.
What is alliteration
200
What major event in history are the students studying?
What is the Holocaust
200
The combination of several different cultures in one
What is multiculturalism
200
This is the mascot at the college I graduated from
What is a saint
300
Giving inanimate (non-living) objects personal traits and qualities.
What is personification
300
The horses were off with a bang!
What is onomatopoeia
300
What is the title of the book the students write at the end of the movie?
What is The Freedom Writer's Diaries
300
Frida Kahlo was a famous
What is painter
300
My favorite food is
What is pizza
400
The main message about life from a story.
What is theme
400
He was the Hades of the school. *Double Jeopardy*
What is allusion
400
What other movie does Ms. Campbell play an obnoxious villain in?
What is Harry Potter
400
What are the sister's names in the short story "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker?
Who are Maggie and Dee
400
Gunnar and Nick think it's funny to play this sound when I tell stories
What are crickets
500
A reference to a well-known person, place, or event that requires no additional explanation.
What is allusion
500
The flowers waltzed in the gentle breeze.
What is personifcation
500
What does Erin want her husband Scott to go back to school to get his degree in?
What is architecture
500
What was the prompt for our Embedded Assessment 2 (synthesis essay you wrote with your group)?
What is "To what extent does one’s culture influence the way one views others and the world?"
500
I was born in this year
What is 1990
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