Humor
Starts with "i"
Irony
Starts with "p"
Personification, like "the Sun smiled at us"
Describes the type of words used in the passage; starts with "D"
Diction
Give an example of the tone of the passage
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Give the definition of "slipshod."
careless
Starts with "h"
Hyperbole
Starts with "m"
Metaphor
Technical language; starts with "j"
Jargon
Starts with "h"; means "excessive pride"; find an example
Hubris
Give the definition of "elusive."
difficult to catch, find, or achieve
Starts with "s"
Sarcasm
Starts with "a"
Analogy
When multiple words start with the same letter
Alliteration
What does "POV" mean? What POV is the passage in?
Point-of-view; first-person
Find an example of ANY literary device
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Find an example of "comic relief" in the passage
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Starts with "a"
Allusion
When several words have similar vowel sounds; starts with "a"; example: "Try to light the fire"
Assonance
Define "stream of consciousness" then find an example
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Find an example of ANY literary device
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A neologism is a made-up word. Find an example of this in the passage.
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Starts with "e"
Euphemism
several unharmonious or dissonant sounds in a line or passage; starts with "c"
Cacophony
Starts with "a"; means "a personal story"
Anecdote
What was the name of the literary device that characterizes correct, but excessive use of conjunctions? "but if this rain is lying around, in a kind of a general way on the ground...and this throws the rain into the Dative case, and makes it DEM Regen."
Polysyndeton