Lit Terms by Definition
Nouns and Pronouns
Lit Terms by Example
Identify the.....
PRONOUNS
100
A literary device used to compare two things without using the words "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
100
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
100
That car goes about a million miles an hour.
What is hyperbole?
100
PREPOSITION: Don't go to the basement in the dark.
What is "to" and "in?"
100
This pronoun refers to the one speaking (first person), the person being spoken to (second person), and the ones being spoken about (third person).
What are personal pronouns?
200
Something that seems more important than it is.
What is a symbol?
200
The wind breathed across the plains.
What is personification?
200
ADVERB: Above, buzzards circled lazily.
What are "Above," and "lazily."
200
These pronouns refer to a person, place, thing, or idea that may or may not be specifically named.
What are indefinite pronouns?
300
Making something seem less important than it really is.
What is understatement?
300
The six classifications of nouns.
What are Common Proper Compound Concrete Collective Abstract
300
When the soldiers returned home, all they wanted were hot dogs and apple pie.
What are symbols?
300
INTERJECTION: Cool! My numbers won the lottery!
What is "Cool!"
300
These pronouns point out a person, place, thing, or idea.
What are demonstrative pronouns?
400
The repeated sound of the initial consonant.
What is alliteration?
400
Personal pronouns become "reflexive" pronouns by adding this.
What is "-self" or "-selves."
400
The lush green fields pressed against the dark sands and the deep blue waters along the misty coast.
What is imagery?
400
VERB PHRASE: We should be learning more about environmental issues.
What is "We should be learning?"
400
These pronouns introduce a subordinate clause. For example: I love that new sweater you got.
What are relative pronouns?
500
This literary device uses a combination of opposites for emphasis.
What is an oxymoron?
500
This type of pronoun refers to a person, place, thing, or idea that may or may not be specifically named.
What is an indefinite pronoun?
500
Well, this is a fine mess you've gotten us into.
What is oxymoron?
500
Collective Noun: My mom made the most awesome batch of cookies.
What is "batch?"
500
These pronouns introduce a question.
What are interrogative pronouns?
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