Figurative Language
Vocabulary
Genre
100
The girl was as pretty as a rose on a beautiful summer day.
What is a simile?
100
After a long day at work, I enjoy the serenity of my own home.
What is calm, peaceful, untroubled?
100
Narrative of a person's life.
What is a biography?
200
The boy is a walking dictionary.
What is metaphor?
200
As soon as the boy walked in, everyone burst into laughter because his shoes were outlandish.
What is looking or sounding bizarre, weird?
200
A form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language.
What is a poem?
300
The stars danced playfully in the moonlight sky.
What is personification?
300
The young lady grew up in an abusive home with a drug addict for a mother, but she was persistent about going off to college.
What is determination, continuing to do?
300
Usually a fiction full of fun, fancy, and excitement, meant to entertain and sometimes cause intended laughter
What is humor?
400
He was so hungry, he ate the whole chicken, bones and all.
What is hyperbole?
400
The student rolled her eyes in exasperation when the teacher said she could not go to the bathroom.
What is irritation, annoyance?
400
Literature containing facts and literature comprising works of imaginative narration.
What is nonfiction and fiction?
500
Only time will tell.
What is cliche?
500
When faced with adversity, you will always find a way to make it through.
What is difficulties, misfortune, bad luck?
500
A form of drama based on human suffering that invokes in its audience
What is tragedy?
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