Literary Devices
This bag weighs a ton.
What is a hyperbole?
Elena runs "this" to support her family.
What is a boarding house?
people who flee a country to find protection from war or political oppression
Who are refugees?
the time and place of a story
What is the setting?
the noun of the verb DETAIN
What is detention?
My dog is as smelly as dirty socks.
What is a simile?
City where the family settles in California.
What is Santa Ana?
a bunch of cut flowers
What is a bouquet?
the main character of a story
Who is the protagonist?
prefix that means two (two letters)
What is "bi"?
Genuine fake watches
What is an oxymoron?
Elena’s oldest son
Who is Esteban?
well-known for bad deeds (adj)
What is notorious?
sequence of events in a story
What is the plot?
suffix commonly used to form adverbs (two letters)
What is -ly?
My mom makes many marvelous muffins.
What is alliteration?
Elena’s husband
Who is Pablo?
occurring every year
What is annual?
a struggle between opposing forces
What is the conflict?
“Ate” and “eight” are examples of this
What are homophones?
The flame of the candle danced in the dark.
What is personification?
The dictator in the story
Who is Perfirio Diaz?
lacking knowledge or information (adj)
What is ignorant?
the way the story turns out
What is the outcome?
the antonym of “to shout”
What is "to whisper"?