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100
"My love is like a red, red rose"
What is a simile?
100
Asleep in the deep
What is assonance?
200
buzz
What is Onomatopoeia?
200
After she tripped he said, “You are graceful!”
What is sarcasm (verbal irony)
200
His coffee is strong enough to get up and walk away.
What is personification?
300
What would you call it if Hamlet appeared on stage dressed in Elizabethan costume wearing a wristwatch?
What is an anachronism?
300
Jumbo Shrimp
What is an oxymoron?
300
King Oedipus, who has unknowingly killed his father, says that he will banish his father's killer when he finds him.
What is dramatic irony?
300
Screaming Silence (not alliteration)
What is an oxymoron?
300
The Simpsons episode, Do the Bard, Man. Bart plays Prince Hamlet and his uncle (Moe) marries Gertrude (Marge) after killing King Hamlet (Homer)
What is a parody?
400
"deep down he is very shallow"
What is a paradox?
400
That movie was the BEST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!
What is hyperbole?
400
"The tornado made the task of driving a bit more difficult."
What is understatement?
400
"Your homework will rise up and bite you if you put it off."
What is personification
400
She said, “I’m not feeling well today.” instead of saying, “I’m gonna puke!”
What is a euphemism?
500
"O, Eastern Wind!"
What is an apostrophe?
500
There is a wonderful moment in the wizard of Oz when Dorothy realizes that she has had the power to return to Kansas
What is an epiphany?
500
When I was running late this morning I thought, “I am the White Rabbit!”
What is an allusion?
500
"'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill?Appears in writing or in judging ill"
What is a couplet (a heroic couplet)
500
“That is a very loud shade of red.”
What is synesthesia?
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