Literary Devices 1
Literary Devices 2
Sonnets
Literary Devices 3
Wild Card
100
Jumbo Shrimp
What is an oxymoron
100
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What is onomatopoieia.
100
There are this many syllables in each line of a Shakespearean Sonnet.
What is 10.
100
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is alliteration.
100
It is what it is.
What is a cliche.
200
Her eyes were like stars in the night sky.
What is a simile.
200
The pink ribbon for the fight against breast cancer is an example of this.
What is symbolism.
200
The number of lines in one Quatrain.
What is 4.
200
The blizzard swallowed the entire city.
What is personification.
200
This book will take me ten years to read.
What is hyperbole.
300
The defensive lineman was a brick wall that I could not get past.
What is a metaphor.
300
It's raining cats and dogs.
What is an idiom.
300
The last two lines of a Shakespearean Sonnet that must rhyme with each other.
What is a couplet.
300
A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
What is a pun.
300
The conch shell in Lord of the Flies.
What is symbolism.
400
I'm never going to finish this essay in a million years!
What is hyperbole.
400
The trees waved their giant arms in the hurricane force winds.
What is personification.
400
The total number of lines in a Shakespearean Sonnet.
What is 14.
400
We told the young actress to "go break a leg!"
What is an idiom.
400
The tree was ablaze with yellow, orange, and red leaves that were beginning to make their descent to the ground.
What is imagery.
500
When you win all the time, you lose.
What is paradox.
500
He always felt he couldn't make the basketball team because he was vertically challenged.
What is euphemism.
500
There are 3 of these in a Shakespearean Sonnet.
What are quatrains.
500
My boyfriend is a knight in shining armour.
What is a metaphor.
500
There backyard was as pristine as the Garden of Eden.
What is allusion.
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