Literary Devices
What is anything that stands for or represents something else?
What is symbolism?
What is giving human qualities to non-living things?
What is personification?
What is a story that sometimes starts with, "once upon a time...?
Fairy Tale
What is a comparison of two unlike items using the words like and as?
What is a simile?
What is a comparison of two unlike things that implies one thing is similar to another? Uses the words is, are, were, and was.
What is a metaphor?
What is a humorous exaggeration to tell the adventures of a fictional character?
Tall Tale
What is an extravagant exaggeration that cannot possibly be true?
What is hyperbole?
What is a word whose sound suggests its meaning?
What is onomatopoeia?
What is a story that tells the story of a hero whose deeds become larger than life?
Legend
What are repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words called?
What is alliteration?
What is a phrase whose literal meaning is different from the implied meaning?
What is an idiom?
What is a story where events that occur could not happen in the real world?
Fantasy
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky is an example of which literary device?
What is personification?
He is older than the hills is an example of which literary device?
What is an hyberbole?
What is a story where the events in the story could happen in real life?
Realistic Fiction