Literary Devices
Watership Down
Harry Potter Quotes
100

Punchy and punctuating, this lovely literary device often rapidly repeats throughout some sentences. (Hint: read this prompt carefully and see what you notice about it!)

What is alliteration?

100

What is another name of this type of underground burrow that serves as the rabbits' home?

What is a warren?
100

"You're a wizard, Harry."

Who is Hagrid?

200

This literary device uses the word "like" to compare two things together. (E.g. "Her smile was like a ray of sunshine.")

What is a simile?

200

This is General Woundwort's rabbit colony.

What is Efrafa?

200

"HOW DARE YOU STEAL THAT CAR! I AM ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED! YOUR FATHER'S NOW FACING AN INQUIRY AT WORK AND IT'S ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT! IF YOU PUT ANOTHER TOE OUT OF LINE WE'LL BRING YOU STRAIGHT HOME!"

Who is Molly Weasley?

300

This literary device uses a symbolic image or concept to represent something; also known as a figure of speech. (E.g. "The shopping mall was a buzzing hive of people.")

What is a metaphor?

300

This animal scatters the Efrafan rabbits after the big battle.

What is a dog?

300

"HARRY DID YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN THE GOBLET OF FIYAHHH?!?"

Who is Dumbledore?

400

This literary device makes you pictures things in your mind to get an idea of what something looks like.

What is imagery?

400

Bigwig does this (action) for the other rabbits.

What is fighting?

400

"Sssss ssss Ssss Sssss sss ss..."

Who is anyone speaking Parseltongue lol
500

This literary device represents one single symbolic part of a greater group of things to symbolize the entire group of things. (E.g. "hungry mouths to feed" actually literally means "hungry people")

What is synedoche?

500
Through showing the reader various ways that rabbits can be ruled, Watership Down shows how different types of this [noun] can affect the people living under them.

What are governments?

500

"Neville, no offense, but I really don't care about plants. Now, if there's a Tibetan turnip that will help me breathe underwater for an hour, great."

Who is Harry?

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