The sun smiled down on me as the warm breeze thawed my heart.
What is happy or joyful?
100
A word that describes a sound and also mimics the sound when the word is spoken
What is onomatopoeia?
100
The bodybuilder's arms were tree trunks.
What is hyperbole?
100
The giving of human traits to non-human things incapable of having those traits.
What is personification?
200
She is like the sun so fair.
What is a simile?
200
Darkness filled the room and the candle flickered eerily.
What is scary?
200
Extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
200
The book was a weight, it was so heavy.
What is metaphor?
200
The emotional effect of a poem or a story.
What is the mood?
300
Clouds are ships which sail the skies.
What is a metaphor?
300
The monkey screamed at me; he got out of his car and screamed at me!
What is funny or humourous?
300
The repetition of beginning sound in atleast 2 or more words.
What is alliteration?
300
Boom! Boom! Boom! Mr. Brown can make thunder.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
The comparison of two things by explaining one to show how it is similar to the other.
What is an analogy?
400
Rain fell as I stared into the grey, dreary forest.
What is sad or depressing or dreadful?
400
Hints that tell what may happen later in the story
What is foreshadowing?
400
Hey diddle diddle!
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
What is personification?
400
Words and phrases that help the reader visualize, or imagine what is happening, in literature.
What is imagery?
500
"I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless."
What is assonance?
500
The day was long and hard, but I was the victor!
What is prideful, encouraging or uplifting?
500
The repetition of sounds WITHIN a word, creating lines that ALMOST rhyme...but not quite.
What is assonance?
500
Like King Arthur, he ruled with strength and wisdom.
What is allusion?
500
When words, items, or images represent an abstract idea or meaning.