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Examples
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A comparison between two dissimilar objects using “like” or “as”.
What is simile
100
This is the message the author wants the reader to understand
What is theme
100
Element of literature using struggle between love and hate.
What is conflict
100
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
What is personification
100
The news hit me like a ton of bricks.
What is simile
200
This is used to crete an image in the reader’s mind
What is imagery
200
The main character of a story
What is protagonist
200
When rhyme occurs within one line of poetry
What is internal rhyme
200
Poetry that has a song-like rhythm
What is ballad poetry
200
Eyes are windows to the soul
What is metaphor
300
Direct comparison between two dissimilar things without using “like” or “as.”
What is metaphor
300
Rhyming at the end of two or more lines of poetry
What is end rhyme
300
A long narrative poem that tells of heroic deeds subject such as Homer's Odyssey.
What is epic poem
300
A great exaggeration used for effect
What is hyperbole
300
Waves bigger than mountains crashed onto the shore.
What is hyperbole
400
When a character says one thing but means something else
What is verbal irony
400
A term that seems to contradict itself
What is oxymoron
400
A device that mocks something for the purpose of improving society.
What is satire
400
Words that make sounds, such as "pow" "boom"
What is onomatopoeia
400
She struggled to see what was happening.
What is alliteration
500
A reference to a well-known place, work of art, famous person, historical event or famous statement.
What is allusion
500
When two words almost rhyme, but not quite.
What is slant rhyme
500
A story in which people, things, and actions represent an idea or generalization about life
What is allegory
500
This speech is regional or specific to a group
What is dialect
500
Dancin' Anson
What is slant rhyme
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