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100

This word means "comparing two things without using like or as."

What is a Metaphor?

100

Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers.

What is Alliteration?

100

This word means "the author's emotions."

What is Tone?

100

The leaves danced in the wind.

What is personification?

200

This word means "giving a non-human thing human qualities."

What is Personification?

200

Her eyes shone bright like diamonds.

What is a Simile?

200
This phrase means "learning about a character through their words/actions." 

What is Indirect Characterization?

200
It's brick outside.

What is an Idiom?

300

This word means "a big idea/lesson discussed in a text."

What is a Theme?

300

The man was tall, and wore a gray blazer.

What is Direct Characterization?

300

This word means "an extreme exaggeration." 

What is Hyperbole? 

300

The night was a black cloak, wrapping itself around the stillness of the trees.

What is a Metaphor?

400

This phrase means "details pertaining to the 5 senses." 

What are Sensory Details?

400

BOOM! The door crashed open.

What is an Onomatopoeia?

400

This word means "when one thing represents another in the text." 

What is Symbolism?

400

I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!

What is Hyperbole? 

500

This word means "a word or phrase used in a way that does not reflect its literal meaning."

What is an Idiom?

500

The light reflected at an angle off the ocean waves as the sun set. 

What is Imagery?

500

This word means "combining two opposite ideas into one phrase to create a new meaning." 

What is an Oxymoron? 

500

The new girl is pretty ugly. 

What is an Oxymoron?