What is this device?
She sells sea shells on the sea shore.
What is alliteration?
The sun smiled down on me as the warm breeze thawed my heart.
What is happy or joyful?
A word that describes a sound and also mimics the sound when the word is spoken
What is onomatopoeia?
The bodybuilder's arms were like tree trunks.
What is simile?
The giving of living traits to non-living things incapable of having those traits.
What is personification?
She is like the sun so fair.
What is a simile?
Darkness filled the room and the candle flickered eerily.
What is scary or tense?
Extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
I was walking on air after hearing I had won the contest.
What is metaphor?
This is being used when objects represent abstract concepts or figures.
What is symbolism?
Clouds are ships which sail the skies.
What is a metaphor?
The monkey screamed at me; he got out of his car and screamed at me!
What is funny or humourous?
The repetition of beginning sound in atleast 2 or more words.
What is alliteration?
Boom! Boom! Boom! Mr. Brown can make thunder.
What is onomatopoeia?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
An extended comparison between two concepts, situations, people, or things, involving the construction of an extended metaphor and/or simile
What is an analogy?
He might as well be a hog eating out of a trough when he eats pizza.
What is hyperbole?
Rain fell as I stared into the grey, dreary forest.
What is sad or depressing or dreadful?
Hints that tell what may happen later in the story
What is foreshadowing?
"...the dish ran away with the spoon."
What is personification?
Words and phrases that help the reader visualize, or imagine what is happening, in literature.
What is imagery?
"Ohio has a lot to offer"
What is assonance?
The day was long and hard, but I was the victor!
What is prideful, encouraging or uplifting?
DAILY DOUBLE!
2 lines of poetry with no punctuation at the end of the lines...
What is enjambment?
Like King Arthur, he ruled with strength and wisdom.
What is allusion?
The "living dead" is an example of this poetic device...
What is juxtaposition?