Grammar
"A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.” ~ William Styron
What part of speech is underlined?
ADJECTIVE
“Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.” ~ Louis L'Amour
What part of speech is underlined?
ARTICLE
What literary device is this?
“You're as cuddly as a cactus You're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch!” ~ You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Simile
“The bees are buzzin’ in the trees to make some honey just for me” ~ The Jungle Book, The Bare Necessities
What figurative language device is used here?
onomatopoeia
What literary device is this an example of?
My grandfather told me that he used to have to walk 15 miles to school, uphill both ways
Hyperbole
“Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.” ~ William Feather
What part of speech is underlined?
CONJUNCTION
A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way.” ~ Caroline Gordon
What part of speech is underlined?
PREPOSITION
What literary device is this?
In the Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the men are surrounded by an ocean of water, but they are dying of thirst.
Verbal Irony
What figurative language device is used here?
“Start a new fashion, Wear your heart on your sleeve” ~ Enchanted, Ever Ever After
Idiom
What literary device is this an example of?
A character enters a dark building where the audience knows a killer lurks in the shadows.
Dramatic Irony
To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.” ~ W. Somerset Maugham
What part of speech is underlined?
PRONOUN
“Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.” ~ Francis Bacon
What part of speech is underlined?
ADVERB
What literary device is this?
"I like a smuggler. He is the only honest thief." ~ Charles Lamb
Oxymoron
What figurative language device is used here?
“And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast I’m never going back, the past is in the past” ~ Frozen, Let it Go
Simile
What figurative language is used here?
“Where dark roots hide secrets and mountains are fierce and bold Deep waters hold reflections of times lost long ago” ~ Brave, Touch the Sky
Personification
A book is a gift you can open again and again.” ~ Garrison Keillor
What part of speech is underlined?
VERB
What part of speech is underlined?
She studied hard, but she still failed the exam.
conjunction
What kind of conflict is this?
Katniss battles against other teenagers from the 12 districts of Panem in the deadly Hunger Games.
Man vs Man
What figurative language device is used here?
If there's one God you don't want to get steamed up It's Hades, 'cause he had an evil plan He ran the Underworld But thought the dead were dull and uncouth” ~ Hercules, The Gospel Truth
Allusion
What figurative Language is used here?
Four frightened gypsies slid silently Under the docks near Notre Dame” ~ The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Bells of Notre Dame
Alliteration
“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” ~ Philip Pullman
What part of speech is underlined?
NOUN
Which part of speech can fit in front of the phrase "the bridge?"
preposition
What literary device is this?
“You're a bad banana with a greasy black peel!” ~ You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Metaphor
What figurative language device is used here?
“I must admit you were not a part of my book But now if you open it up and take a look You’re the beginning and the end of every chapter” ~ The Princess and the Frog, Never Knew I Needed
Metaphor
HARD: What figurative language device is this?
“The rain in Spain fell mainly on the plain.”
Assonance- the repetition of vowel sounds