Spelling
Which is correct?
Important or Inportant
Important
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, using the words like or as
Simile
She's got a heart of gold is an example of what literary device?
metaphor
_____ by William Golding is a classic novel about a group of British schoolboys stranded on an uninhabited island and their descent into savagery.
Lord of the Flies
What runs but never walks?
A River
Which is correct?
Coolly or Cooly?
Coolly
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Hyperbole
Clary closed her cluttered clothes closet is an example of what literary device?
Alliteration
_____, a play written in 1953, by Arthur Miller, details the Salem witch trials that occurred in Salem, Massachusetts as an allegory for McCarthyism.
The Crucible
What has a head and a tail but no body?
A Coin
Which is Correct?
Aquire or Acquire?
Acquire
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
Personification
Sad rom-coms are my kryptonite is an example of what literary device?
Allusion
______ follows the turbulent relationship between Elizabeth Bennet, the daughter of a country gentleman, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, a rich aristocratic landowner.
Pride and Prejudice
What has hands but can't clap?
A Clock
Which is correct?
Supersede or Supercede?
Supersede
Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
Imagery
A silent scream or cruel kindness is an example of which literary device?
oxymoron
It tells the story of Jay, a self-made millionaire, and his pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy young woman whom he loved in his youth.
The Great Gatsby
What has a neck but no head?
A Bottle
Which is correct?
Miniscule or Minuscule?
Minuscule
A figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other, such as “hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins”.
Antithesis
Mike Likes White Stripes is an example of what literary device?
Assonance
_____ tells the story of the Joad family who travels to California from Oklahoma because landlords evicted tenant farmers due to the drought and dust storms. On the way, however, they stop at their first campground only to hear that California conditions are no better than Oklahoma's.
The Grapes of Wrath
What can you put in a bucket to make it weigh less?
A Hole