Literary Devices
Compares two things using like or as
What is a simile?
This popular series is written by author Jeff Kinney.
What is Diary of a Wimpy Kid?
The most exciting part of a story is called this.
What is climax?
This means "two"
What is bi?
This is the school Ms. Ahmed goes to.
What is the University of California, Irvine (UCI)?
This device is created through rhyme and repetition.
What is rhythm?
This son of Poseidon attends Camp Half-Blood.
Who is Percy Jackson?
This was the title of the novel we read last semester.
What is The Circuit?
The root "aud" means
What is to hear?
This is how many AR words you need a month.
What is 60,000?
The sun smiled down on me, is an example of what literary device?
What is personification?
This is the name of the pet dog Nikki adopts in the Dork Diaries Series.
Who is Daisy?
This was the title of the short story you wrote a narrative essay about last semester.
The root for "to make"
What is -ize?
This is how many brothers Ms. Ahmed has.
What is two?
Peter picked a pot of pickled peppers, is an example of what literary device?
What is alliteration?
"All Summer in a Day" is an example of this genre.
What is a short story?
This statement has your claim and big ideas.
What is a thesis?
What is the meaning of the TWO roots in the word: biography?
What is life and to write?
What is the name of one of Ms. Van de Merghel's pets?
Fluffy, Bernie, Ava, or Moose.
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of art to give context.
What is allusion?
These are the names of two series Dave Pilkey wrote.
What is Captain Underpants and Dogman?
The acronym F.A.N.B.O.Y.S. stands for:
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. And they're all conjunctions!
What roots are present in characterization and what do they mean?
Character is a person, ize to make, and tion being. Characterization is making a character.
"Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow."