Name that device
The repetition of consonant sounds or a repeated phrase. Used especially in poetry.
alliteration
Give an example of alltieration using the letter D, H or W.
*dead dogs don't disturb
*Hip, hip, hooray!...Hip, hip, hooray!
*Watch me listen, Watch me pay attention, Watch my cool clapping game invention!
The sun is as bright as a freshly picked lemon.
Simile
Give an example of a simile.
*You were as brave as a lion.
*Your explanation is as clear as mud.
*Watching the show was like watching the grass grow.
The prefix in- means not. What does the word indispensable mean?
Something or someone you cannot do without.
Comparing two things without using the words "like or as".
Metaphor
Give an example of a metaphor.
Life is a journey.
The snow is a white blanket.
The calm lake was a mirror.
Whiz, pop, bang,Zzzzzz
are all examples of this literary device
Onomatopoeia
Give an example of onomatopoeia with a bee or comic book character.
The bee buzzed and buzzed around the hive.
The cop's batton went CRACK over the crooks head and knocked him out cold.
Use the word "spindly" to describe a feature of a person, animal or something in nature.
*The spider had long, spindly and skinny legs.
*The weight of the birds bent the spindly and weak branch.
*My father's neck is so long and narrow some people describe it as spindly.
Using human qualities to describe an animal or object.
Personification
Give an example of personification.
The wind whispered through the dry grass.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY QUESTION! Answer is worth 600 points!
One of the people or animals in a story is called what?
Name 3 characters from a current story we are reading.
Part 1 answer: Character
Part 2 answer: Teacher decides.
Define theme.
The central message (moral or lesson) of a story that the author wants to convey to the reader.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! Question worth 600 points!
Part 1: Obscure means to cover or in doubt. Give a synonym for the the word obscure.
Part 2: Give an antonym for obscure.
Part 1: Hidden, difficult to see, unclear, not positive, doubtful.
Part 2: in full sight, confident, without a doubt
Extreme use of exaggeration for emphasis or humor.
Hyperbole
Give an example of hyperbole.
I've told you a million times to clean your room!
I'm going to knock you upside the head so hard it will make your ears ring!
I busted a gut listening to his funny joke!
What is the person who is telling the story called?
Narrator
Define foreshadowing.
Hints an author gives to the reader to prepare them for what is to come. It helps the reader anticipate the outcome. It could be a good, bad or scary event.
To pulverize means to break down or reduce to fine particles. Name something that would need to be reduced or broken down before using it.
*Salt or other spices.
*Large rocks
*Corn to make tortillas
A technique that involves surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions (you think one thing will happen, but the opposite happens).
Irony
Give an example of irony.
*The pilot has a fear of heights.
*The traffic cop got his license suspended due to unpaid parking tickets.
*As sunny as a story, winter day in Alaska.
The time and location of the events described in a literary work.
Setting
The highest point of action or series of events in a story is called what?
Climax
Give an example of a "formula."
Teacher decides if answer correct.
Teacher will give you another 200 points if you can give another definition for formula.