Alliteration/personific
Allusion
Foreshadowing
Hyperbole
Metaphor and Simile
100
the repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables
What is alliteration
100
I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio’s. how is allusion being used? what does it mean?
Alluding to Pinocchio. Lying
100
figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things with the help of the words “like” or “as”.
What is simile
200
"I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet". - Robert Frost
What are stood, still, stopped, sound
200
He was a real Romeo with the ladies. how is allusion being used? what does it mean?
Romeo and Juliet he was very charming
200
device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story
What is foreshadowing
200
figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is, on some point of comparison, the same as another otherwise unrelated object
What is metaphor
300
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
What is personification
300
“This place is like a Garden of Eden.” How is allusion being used? What does it mean?
Garden of Eden, Bible The place was very beautiful
300
exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech
What is hyperbole
400
The sun glared down at me from the sky. Name the object being personified. Say what it means. How is it personified?
Sun. The sun was shining very brightly.
400
expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly
What is allusion
500
The wind howled its mighty objection. Name the object being personified. Say what it means. How is it personification?
wind wind was loud. wind cannot howl.
500
The rise in poverty will unlock the Pandora’s box of crimes. How is allusion being used? What does it mean?
Greek mythology crimes will increase dramtically
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