The comparison of two unalike things using "like" or "as".
What is simile?
100
The comparison of two unalike things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
100
Something used to represent something else
What is a symbol?
100
The stars danced in the sky.
What is personification?
100
This falling spray of snow-flakes is / a handful of dead Februaries
What is personification; Februaries can't die?
What is alliteration: spray/snow-flakes; flakes/Februaries?
200
Giving non-human things human characteristics.
What is personification?
200
Language that evokes a sensory experience and often creates a picture for the reader.
What is imagery?
200
The sailors swam succinctly in their naval training.
What is alliteration?
200
Confound the cats! All cats--away-- / Cats of all colors, black, white, gray;
By night a nuisance and by day-- / Confound the cats! All cats, always.
What is alliteration? The sound of "c".
300
a hint of things to come
What is foreshadow?
300
A play on words
What is a pun?
300
An extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
300
Man! I haven't eaten in months!
What is hyperbole?
300
BANG!!! There goes another building, / BOOM!!! And there go 2 more,
Said the man who took target practice / In the seat of a military tank.
BAM!!! There goes another. / Life is hard when you don’t have a father to guide you.
BOOM!!! You could end up in jail, / BANG!!! You could end up crazy,
AHHHH!!! Or you could end up dead / Because you pressed the wrong button.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
When a word sounds like its meaning
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Pairing together two words with opposite meanings
What is oxymoron?
400
The white witch was wicked.
What is assonance?
400
They chained themselves to subways for the endless ride from Battery Park to the Bronx
What is hyperbole? The people didn't really chain themselves to the subway, and the ride is not endless.
500
a mild or indirect expression substituted for something that might be harsh or embarrassing
What is euphemism?
500
When a speaker/writer/actor’s words or actions do not match up with what he or she means or what is generally understood
What is irony?
500
A reference to history, literature, art, politics or religion
What is allusion?
500
Her boss called her into the office in order to let her go.
What is euphemism?
500
This test will be a piece of cake.
What is idiom? This is a saying that shows that the test was very easy.