Lit terms
Lit terms
syntax
diction
100
You are a wise old owl.
What is a metaphor?
100
You are so short, I can see your feet in your driver's license photo? Your mama is so ugly she'd make an onion cry. You are so old you sat behind Jesus in the third grade.
What is hyperbole?
100
Never again.
What is a rhetorical fragment?
100
I hate to tell you this, but your are late for class.
What is monosyllabic
200
The two star-crossed lovers broke up before second hour.
What is allusion?
200
Icy Hot helps ease your muscles after working out.
What is an oxymoron?
200
Tim was considered to be a good employee because he was never late, he was very motivated and he was not lacking in initiative.
What is parellel structure?
200
It's hard breakin' Benjamins.
What is slang?
300
Dear Dishwasher, Please clean the dishes so I don't have to. That is all.
What is apostrophe?
300
Why do I even care?
What is a rhetorical question?
300
Florida is a great vacation spot for families, with Disney World, Universal Studios, and Sea World.
What is a loose sentence?
300
crawdad, concrete, hoosier, the lake
What is a colloquialism?
400
That method is tried and true. Thanks for thinking outside of the box.
What is a cliche'?
400
For all intensive purposes, Tennessee Volunteers Head Coach Derek Dooley can start packing his bags.
What is malapropism?
400
But for the grace of God go I.
What is inverted order?
400
Take a knee, strike out the side, bob and weave
What is jargon?
500
Fahrenheit 451 is in the top 100 banned books in the US
What is irony?
500
A common outcome of war is collateral damage.
What is a euphemism?
500
Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.
What is a balanced sentence?
500
chick, cheapskate, pushy
What is connotation?