Definitions
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Literature Examples
Media Examples
Find The Literary Device
100
A literary device that is meant to mock with ironic remarks for the purpose to amuse and hurt someone.
What is Sarcasm?
100
A literary device that can be defined as the way a writer writes and it is the technique which an individual author uses in his writing.
What is a Style?
100
Elderly American ladies leaning on their canes listed toward me like towers of Pisa.
What is Simile?
100
“An old man turned ninety-eight, He won the lottery and died the next day”
What is Situational Irony?
100
Where is the simile in this sentence? I would have given anything for the power to soothe her frail soul, tormenting itself in its invincible ignorance like a small bird beating about the cruel wires of a cage
What is, tormenting itself in its invincible ignorance like a small bird beating about the cruel wires of a cage?
200
Characters who are fully fleshed out, and have thoughts, feelings, and motivations. Most protagonists are like this.
What is Round Character?
200
A literary devices that uses a part of something to refer to the whole.
What is Synecdoche?
200
I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
What is Sarcasm?
200
On Spongebob Squarepants, who plays the stock character of the annoying next door neighbor?
What is Spongebob?
200
Where is the syllogism in this sentence? Flavius: Have you forgot me, sir? Timon: Why dost ask that? I have forgot all men; Then, if thou grant’st thou’rt a man, I have forgot thee
What is, I have forgot all men; Then, if thou grant’st thou’rt a man, I have forgot thee
300
When a character speaks to himself or herself, relating thoughts and feelings, thereby also sharing them with the audience
What is Soliloquy?
300
The perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific character, place or development.
What is Tone?
300
“And all the clouds that lower’d upon our house in the deep bosom of the ocean buried.”
What is Syntax?
300
Which character is round? A. Romeo B. Benvolio C. The Nurse
What is Romeo (A)?
300
Where is the syllogism in this sentence? When he looked onto the shore, twenty sails were coming in.
What is sails?
400
A method of narration that describes in words the flow of thoughts in the minds of the characters.
What is Stream of Consciousness?
400
The character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy.
What is Tragic Flaw?
400
"It grieves me much," replied the Peer again, "Who speaks so well should ever speak in vain."
What is Verbal Irony?
400
Some girls like to buy new shoes And others like drivin' trucks and wearing tattoos There's only one thing that they all like a bunch Oh, girls, they want to have lunch... I know how to keep a woman satisfied When I whip out my Diner's Card their eyes get so wide They're always in the mood for something to munch Oh, girls, they want to have lunch...
What is Satire?
400
MIX UP! Use syllogism in a sentence.
If you got it right, scream "Literary Star". If you got it wrong, tough luck.
500
A rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general and draws conclusion from it.
What is Syllogism?
500
The practice of drawing attention to a fact that is already obvious and noticeable.
What is Understatement?
500
Ah Sunflower, weary of time, Who countest the steps of the sun; Seeking after that sweet golden clime Where the traveler’s journey is done.
What is Symbol?
500
What is the common theme in these films? Batman, Star Wars, X-Men, Avengers, Spiderman A. Everlasting Love B. Good vs. Evil C. Identity Crisis
What is Good vs. Evil (B)?
500
MASH UP! Start off a sentence, and the person sitting next to you has to finish the sentence using sarcasm.
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