Figurative Language
A comparison using 'like' or 'as'.
What is a simile?
The narrator's father (a lawyer) defends a falsely accused Black man in this book.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
A word that sounds like what it is describing.
What is onomatopoeia?
Katniss Everdeen is the protagonist.
What is The Hunger Games?
A person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
A comparison saying something is something else.
What is a metaphor?
Holden Caulfield runs around New York calling everybody a phony in this book.
What is the Catcher in the Rye?
Words that start with the same letter/sound grouped together.
What is alliteration?
A boy who is raised by Muggles sent to school of witchcraft and wizardry.
What is Harry Potter?
It describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
Giving something that isn't a person human-like qualities.
What is personification?
In this book, Mr. Darcy is Elizabeth Bennett's love interest.
What is Pride and Prejudice?
Words that end with similar sounds grouped together.
What is rhyme?
Everybody has an emotional attachment to a piece of jewelry.
*Hint: An iconic quote is, "My precious,"
What is Lord of the Rings?
It tells the relationship/position between two things.
What is a preposition?
An exaggeration that isn't literal.
What is a hyperbole?
In this book, Nick Carraway befriends the wealthy Jay Gatsby who is in love with a woman named Daisy.
What is The Great Gatsby?
Words with the same syllables or consonants grouped together.
What is assonance?
Ordinary girl chooses between a pale (and sometimes sparkly) dude and a hairy dude in this book.
What is Twilight?
It links two clauses together.
What is a conjunction?
When something represents something else. IE a dove=peace.
What is symbol?
The conch shell is a symbol of power in this novel about boys who crash land on an island.
What is Lord of the Flies?
Repetition of words with 's' sound to create a hissing sound effect.
What is sibilance?
George R R Martin wrote this book series.
What is Game of Thrones?
It's a small word that will indicate whether something is specific or general.
What is an article?