This is the time, place, physical details, and circ umstances in which a situation unfolds.
What is: Setting
100
What literary device is used in the following line from "The Raven"
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking `Nevermore.
What is: Alliteration
100
Create three synonyms for "Large"
What is: Huge, Big, Gargatuan
100
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of what kind of figurative language
What is: Hyperbole
100
Who led the Mexican army against the Alamo in the fight for Texas independence?
Who is: Santa Anna
200
This is a word or words which appeal to the senses-sight, taste, touch, hearing and smell-and helps to create pictures, or images, in the reader's mind.
What is: Imagery
200
In "The Most Dangerous Game" Zaroff is described as having black eyes, a black beard, and smokes black cigarettes. The author is using the color "black" as what literary device?
What is: Symbolism
200
Create three synonyms for "Think"
What is: Ponder, Contemplate, Wonder
200
The "noisy quiet" is an example of what figurative language
What is: Oxymoron
200
The largest ship used by Colombus when he discovered the "New World" was called?
What is: Santa Maria
300
This is a short story that is designed to teach a truth or lesson.
What is: Parable
300
What are the two main conflicts in "The Most Dangerous Game"?
What is: Man vs. Man & Man vs. Himself
300
Create three synonyms for "Profane"
What is: Nasty, Filthy, Disgusting
300
"Life is like a box of chocolates" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
What is: Similie
300
The capital of New Mexico is?
What is: Santa Fe
400
This is a statement which seems to be self-contradictatory or absurd yet turns out to make good sense.
What is: Paradox
400
From "Charge of the Light Brigade"
"Into the valley of Death rode the six hundred" is an example of what literary device?
What is: Foreshadowing
400
Create three synonyms for "Macabre"
The macabre decor of the mansion sent chills down my spine and stood the hairs on my neck.
What is: scary, weird, frightening
400
"You can't see the forest for the trees" is an example of...
What is: Paradox
400
This is one of many "Santa" cities in California.
What is: Santa Barbara
500
This is a situation or event that expresses a reality different from and or opposite to what is expected; an implied inconsistencey between what is said and what is meant.
What is: Irony
500
From "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table;
is an example of what literary device?
What is: Similie
500
Create one synonym for the word "Acquiesce"
I am unable to acquiesce to your request.
What is: agree, consent, comply
500
"English is the fulcrum on which your futures are balanced" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
What is: Metaphor
500
This man visits your home every year for Christmas