When you compare two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as." For example, "She is a pretty flower."
What is a metaphor?
100
A scene in a book where the character goes back into his/her memory to explain something in the present.
What is a flashback?
100
A perfect murder.
What is oxymoron?
200
"Tell me why are we so blind to see that the ones we hurt are you and me"
What is figurative language?
200
That apple seems too good to eat: perfect skin, golden shine, autumn aroma.
What is imagery?
200
"I have a million things to do today, but I can't do anything yet because I am starving to death!"
This is sentence is an example of this literary device.
What is hyperbole?
200
First person, second person, third person. All types of this device.
What is point-of-view?
200
When the author gives you clues about something that will happen.
What is foreshadowing?
300
This device is used in the lyric, "We are all bold as love."
What is a simile?
300
The war raged on for years. After the battles cleared, the soldiers were pleasantly satisified stepping over their deceased friends.
What is paradox?
300
a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms
What is a allegory?
300
The U.S. flag is a __________ for freedom.
What is symbol?
300
The Titanic was said to be a completely unsinkable ship, yet it sank on its first voyage.
This situation is an example of this literary device.
What is irony?
400
"The flowers Begged! Cried! Screamed! for water."
What is personification?
400
Give me 5 words that are considered onomatopoeia.
Did you tell me sounds that can be written as words?
400
Create a simile.
Did you compare two unlike things using like or as?
400
When the author describes the characters for us.
What is characterization?
400
The attitudes or emotions conveyed by an author in a story.
What is tone?
500
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?
Who is a simile?
500
A pencil is to paper as keyboard is computer.
What is an analogy?
500
What can a circle be a symbol for?
life
love
eternity
completeness
a cycle
500
After their unimpressive first date at the laundromat, she told her friends, "He's no Romeo."
What is ...
allusion
500
The sky was filled with dreary clouds, casting a gloomy shadow upon the quiet street. He looked straight ahead and wondered how his day could get any worse.