Quotations from HOMS
Quotations from ARIS
Literary Devices
Symbols
Title and Author
100

Comparing two objects using like or as.

Simile

100
Comparing two objects without using like or as
Metaphor
100
The stale bread was as hard as a rock.
Simile
100

The family crest

“Cask of Amontillado"

“no one punishes me without impunity” / Snake bites the heal of the person that stepped on it

100

Which author wrote "The Story of an Hour"?

Kate Chopin

200

Using extreme exaggeration.

Hyperbole

200
What are your five senses?
Sight, sound, taste, touch, smell.
200
The car lights blinked in the distance.
Personification
200

Polaroid

“Everyday Use”

exhibit / posed

200

Which writing has the theme of colorism and who is it written by?

The Revolt of the Evil Fairies by Ted Boston

300
Giving human qualities to an object or animal
Personification
300
Words that imitate the sounds they make
Onomatopoeia
300

Boom, splat, buzz, kachoo!

Onomatopoeia

300

Motley

“Cask of Amontillado”

Fortunato’s foolish

Thrown together / lack of substance/cohesion

Performer

300

Which author writes with a gothic romance style?

Edgar Allan Poe
400
The repetition of a beginning consonant sound in words that are close together
Alliteration
400
Using a play on words. (Someone attempting to be funny, but it usually is not.)
Pun
400
It was so cold outside, I thought I would die. (Could it really have been THAT cold?)
Hyperbole
400

Shining Sword

Revolt of the Evil Fairies:

Colorism / Judgement / Abuse / Violence

400

Which author's culture celebrates Día de los Muertos?

Sandra Cisneros

500
A figure of speech that does not literally mean what it says. It has usually been passed down from generation to generation.
Idiom
500

The term for all of the devices a writer uses to give the reader a better description and understanding of what is happening in the story or poem. We are studying this RIGHT NOW!

Figurative Language or Literary Devices

500
The early bird get the worm.
Idiom
500

Trowel/Bricks

“Cask of Amontillado”

freemasons secret frat organization / union brick-layers / all items prepared

500

Which author mentions the poem "Harlem" in their writing?

Lorraine Hansberry

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