Need to Know
Literary Devices
Vocabulary
More Literary Devices
Prefix/ Suffix
100
The hero of our story.
What is the protagonist?
100
My Literature teacher is as beautiful as a summer day.
What is a simile?
100
Belly
What is abdomen?
100
Man I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
What is a hyperbole?
100
REwork
What is again?
200
Cinderella goes to the ball and dances with the prince.
What is the climax?
200
My Literature teacher is a beautiful rose.
What is a metaphor?
200
To jump over
What is vaulted?
200
I walked out of the room, and saw the portrait of my mother in the otherwise empty hallway. I remembered, years ago, my father would stare mindlessly at it for minutes, sometimes hours, before a bird chirping would awaken him from his trance. Without warning, a bird chirped, and I immediately tore my eyes away from that portrait.
What is flashback?
200
DIScourage
What is opposite?
300
"Welcome home," my mom said, "it is so good to see you again." "Thanks mom, it's good to be home," I replied.
What is dialogue?
300
OUCH, POW, WHAM
What is an onomatopoeia?
300
Necessity
What is requirement?
300
Ms. Cogdell's literature classes drive her up the wall.
What is an idiom?
300
NONworking
What is not?
400
It was a hot day, the sun was beating down on me and I could feel the heat rising up off the sand as I slowly trudged across the desert.
What is imagery?
400
When Marlin thinks that Nemo is dead but the audience knows Nemo is faking his death.
What is dramatic irony?
400
Accept
What is resign?
400
Dr. D. Denton Deere dearly loves Angla Wexler.
What is alliteration?
400
adventerOUS
What is full of
500
Deven felt both relief and disappointment at learning he'd lost the election.
What is dichotomty?
500
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.
What is antithesis?
500
Guess
What is suspicion?
500
"The day was young and I was looking forward to the afternoon. I was suppose to go out on a date, but my plans were changed. All my siblings were gone, but I had been in the house slaving like Cinderella, scrubbing the floors on my hand and knees, washing clothes and dishes and making everyones' beds
What is allusion?
500
historIC
What is relating to?
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