Definitions 1
Examples
Definitions 2
Examples 2
Bonus +50~100
100

Refers to a well-known person, character, place or event.

Allusion

100

Sarcasm is a type of _________. _________

Verbal Irony

100

This type of figurative language says one thing but means another, often with a wink or sly grin. It’s the ultimate tool for sarcasm and can highlight contrasts.

Irony 

100

The audience knows what’s going to happen in the story before the characters know.

Dramatic Irony 

100

What are the 3 types of Irony?

Verbal, Situational, Dramatic 

200

Hands out human traits to inanimate objects or abstract concepts.

Personification

200
  • “Living dead.”
  • “Pretty ugly.”

Oxymoron 

200

This is a saying that can baffle outsiders because the literal meaning is often wild.

An idiom

200

I will Never eat broccoli or cauliflower. 

Hyperbole 

200

Boom, Crunch, Fizzed, Pop, 

Onomatopoeia 

300

It’s a deliberate exaggeration that shouldn’t be taken at face value.

Hyperbole 

300
  • Grammar lovers, have lots of COMMA sense

Pun

300

This type of fi language slips deeper meanings into everyday symbols, objects, characters, or settings.

Symbolism

300

This challenge was “A piece of cake”

Idiom

300

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper. 

Alliteraction

400

Figurative language that utilizes the five senses to create a statement  

Imagery

400
  • Is there an Einstein in your physics class? 

Allusion

400

This figurative language shoves two contradictory terms together.

An oxymoron

400

The sun smiled at me and the moon winked at me! 

Personification

400

Time is a thief! 

Metaphor

500

 Repeats the starting consonant sounds in a series of words.

Alliteration 

500

The Ambulance crashes on its way to an accident

Situational Irony

500

This figurative language is basically a linguistic spin that plays on jokes and multiple meanings or similar-sounding words.

Pun

500
  • I came inside because the house smells like a chocolate brownie.

Imagery 

500

A traditional saying that provides advice is called:

Allusion

Metaphor

proverb

Hyperbole

Proverb