This to That
If these walls had ears...
It seems sad...
Love, Hate, Revenge
I saw this coming...
100
This is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things.
What is a metaphor
100
This is giving human characteristics to non-human objects of animals.
What is personification
100
This is the attitude towards the subject and audience implied by a literary work, often through word choice.
What is tone?
100
This is the unifying subject or idea of a literary work.
What is theme.
100
This is providing hints in work that predict future events.
What is foreshadowing.
200
In his famous poem, "Introduction to Poetry", author Billy Collins uses a simile to compare poems to this.
What is a color slide?
200
Walt Whitman uses this technique in "I saw a Live-Oak growing"
What is personification.
200
The tone of "Whitey's on the Moon" could best be described as this, due to the author's repition of a certain phrase.
What is frustrated / angry.
200
The theme of this poem by William Shakespeare could best be described as Love or Acceptance.
What is "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun".
200
The witches initial prophecies foreshadow these events.
What is Macbeth becoming Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland.
300
In "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes, what does the mother compare, or contrast, her life to?
What is a crystal stair?
300
In the poem "Writing", the author personifies this animal, and also uses a metaphor to compare it to his daughter.
What is a bird.
300
Shakespeare creates this type of tone through the use of thunder and lightning in Macbeth.
What is dark and ominous.
300
The theme of "Mother to Son" could best be described as this.
What is don't give up.
300
This title foreshadows Macbeth's furture behavior towards Duncan, his king.
What is Thane of Cawdor.
400
Gil Scot Heron uses this technique from start to finish in "Whitey's on the Moon".
What is an extended metaphor.
400
In "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins, students beat and abuse poems. This is an example of...
What is personification.
400
A major theme of "A Little Tooth" is this.
What is fear / parenthood.
400
This is a major theme of the play Macbeth.
What is the corruption of power / revenge / ambition.
400
On page 37 of Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 6, Duncan and Banquo's entrance to Inverness foreshadows this.
What is Duncan's death.
500
In "A Little Tooth" by Thomas Lux, what is the author refering to when he uses the metaphor "then she wants some meat / directly from the bone"?
What is his daughter's growing sexuality.
500
Despite numerous metaphor, simile, foreshadowing, and multiple themes, this play has exactly zero examples of personification.
What is Macbeth.
500
In "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun", Shakespeare uses the shift in lines 13 and 14 to create this tone.
What is ironic.
500
This is the theme of "So you want to be a writer" by Bukowski.
What is don't go beyond your limits.
500
This prophecy from the withces to Banquo foreshadows his fate, and Macbeth's.
What is "Your sons will be kings".
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