Name That Device
$100 Q: A comparison using like or as.
Simile
$100 Q: Her smile was as bright as the sun. → What device?
Simile
$100 Q: The repetition of initial consonant sounds. Susan sells seashells...
Alliteration
$100 Q: Bang! Boom! Crash! → What device?
Onomatopoeia
$100 Q: What’s the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Simile uses “like” or “as,” metaphor says one thing IS another.
$200 Q: An extreme exaggeration.
Hyperbole
$200 Q: The classroom was a zoo. → What device?
Metaphor
$200 Q: Words that sound like the noises they make (buzz, boom, crash).
Onomatopoeia
$200 Q: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. → What device?
Alliteration
$200 Q: Give your own example of hyperbole.
Answers vary (ex: “This backpack weighs a ton!”).
$300 Q: A nonhuman thing given human traits.
Personification
$300 Q: The leaves danced in the wind. → What device?
Personification
$300 Q: When two words sound alike at the end of lines.
Rhyme
$300 Q: A repeated word or phrase for emphasis
Repetition
$300 Q: Explain why writers use personification.
To make descriptions more vivid and relatable.
$400 Q: A reference to a famous person, place, or event.
Allusion
$400 Q: He’s a real Romeo with the ladies. → What device?
Allusion
$400 Q: A reference in a story or poem to a famous person, place, or event.
Allusion
$400 Q: The night was silent, the stars were bright, the world felt right. → What device?
Rhyme
$400 Q: Write one original sentence that uses both a simile and alliteration.
Answers vary (ex: “Sally sprinted like a swift shadow”).
$500 Q: A phrase whose meaning cannot be understood from the literal words. Commonly used phrases like piece of cake.
Idiom
$500 Q: She spilled the beans about the surprise party. → What device?
Idiom
$500 Q: A lesson in a text that figurative language often develops.
Theme
$500 Q: Why do poets and playwrights use sound devices?
To create rhythm, mood, and emphasis.
$500 Q: Write two lines of poetry that include figurative language. Be ready to identify it.
Answers vary (students must name device).