Name That Author
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
Shakespeare (from Macbeth)
What literary device involves giving human qualities to inanimate objects or animals?
Which novel by Harper Lee tells the story of Scout Finch and explores themes of justice and prejudice in the American South?
To Kill a Mockingbird
Romeo Montague
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare
A direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as." It states that one thing is another.
Metaphor
"May the odds be ever in your favor"
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
I am a sentence or word that reads the same backward as forward
Palindrome
In a seemingly utopian society, 12-year-old Jonas is selected to be the "Receiver of Memory." In his community, all pain, joy, and individual choice have been eliminated.
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Hermione Granger
Harry Potter
Descriptive language that appeals to the reader's five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) to create a vivid picture
Imagery
"I'm a demigod. And I'm pretty sure I'm about to die."
Percy Jackson
A comparison between two different things using "like" or "as."
Simile
August Pullman, a boy with severe facial differences, has been homeschooled his whole life. This is the story of his first year in a mainstream middle school.
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Katniss Everdeen
The Hunger Games
The use of an object, person, or idea to represent a deeper, more significant meaning.
Symbolism
"Greasers will still be Greasers and Socs will still be Socs. Sometimes I think it's the ones in the middle that are the unluckiest."
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis or comic effect.
Hyperbole
A heartfelt story about an unlikely friendship between two outcasts. Max is a large, kind-hearted boy with a learning disability, and Kevin, nicknamed "Freak," is a brilliant boy with a rare bone disease.
Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
Frodo Baggins
Lord of the Rings
A group of lines that form a unit in a poem. It's similar to a paragraph in an essay.
Stanza
"The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared."
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words.
Alliteration
Bruno, an 8-year-old German boy, is forced to move from his home in Berlin to a new house next to a mysterious "farm." He soon befriends a boy named Shmuel, who lives on the other side of a fence and wears striped pajamas.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Ponyboy Curtis
The Outsiders
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of the lines of a poem. It's usually identified by assigning letters to each line.
Rhyme Scheme