Personification, Simile, Imagery, or Metaphor
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100

Why does my alarm clock yell at me every morning?

What is PERSONIFICATION?

100

He wrote the Pulitzer prize winning graphic novel, Maus.

Who is Art Spiegelman?

100

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the Definition: (n.) One who attacks violently 1. ASSAILANT 2. MANIPULATE 3. DEPICT 4. SHEEPISH

What is ASSAILANT?

100

He ran away, bought his freedom, and became a public speaker, author, and advisor to the president.

Who is Frederick Douglass?

100

Com, Con, Syn, and Sym all mean the same thing.

What is together?

200
This guy is an animal on the drums.
What is METAPHOR?
200

This hooks together two complete sentence, WITHOUT a fanboy.

What is a SEMICOLON?

200
Which word MOST NEARLY matches the Definition: (adj.) Calm, peaceful, and untroubled 1. HYPOCRITE 2. SERENE 3. ARID 4. ASSAILANT
What is SERENE?
200

To become free, many people traveled on this.

What is the underground railroad?

200

Port (Port Aransas) and Fer (Ferry boat) both mean...

What is carry?

300

"He commenced to lay on the heavy cowskin, and soon, the warm, red blood came dripping to the floor."

Frederick Douglass

What is IMAGERY?

300

He tour off his handicaps, called himself an emperor, and danced with his queen, until the HG killed them.

Who is Harrison Bergeron?

300
Which word MOST NEARLY matches the Definition: (v.) To hold back; To restrict 1. DISINTERESTED 2. CONSTRAIN 3. MANIPULATE 4. CONFRONT 5. MIMIC
What is CONSTRAIN?
300

This side won the Civil War.

What is the North/Union?

300

This root means people.

What is DEMO or POP? 

400
My mind is like an atom bomb ready to explode.
What is SIMILE?
400

This describes that same thing, two different ways, right next to each other.

What is an APPOSITIVE?

400
Which word MOST NEARLY matches the Definition: (v.) To represent in a picture; To portray 1. MANIPULATE 2. ENCOMPASS 3. SERENE 4. DEPICT
What is DEPICT?
400

She was born Amerita Ross?

Who is Harriett Tubman?

400

This is who you visit to get your teeth STRAIGHTENED.

What is an ORTHOdontist?

500
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.
What is METAPHOR?
500

He is the author of the first book we read in class this year, Long Way Down.

Who is Jason Reynolds?

500
Which word MOST NEARLY matches the Definition: (adj.) Difficult or impossible to understand 1. RUFFLE 2. SHEEPISH 3. INCOMPREHENSIBLE 4. ENCOMPASS
What is INCOMPREHENSIBLE?
500

She was beaten to death for seeing Ned's Floyd.

Who is Aunt Hester?

500

Antebellum means...

What is BEFORE the WAR?