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Name the Figurative Language
Give an Example
Random
100
The repetition of the same letter or similar sounds at the beginning of words
What is Alliteration
100
A type of literature that conveys emotion, often uses figurative language and sound devices and does so in a concise manner.
What is Poetry
100
The sheets hanging on the clothesline danced in the wind.
What is personification
100
Give an example of a Rhyme
What is Cat/Hat (Correct responses will vary)
100
The word "Alliteration" has this many syllables in it
What is five
200
The occurrence of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words
What is Rhyme
200
A poem that tells a story
What is a Narrative
200
The bacon was sizzling
What is onomatopoeia?
200
Give an example of Alliteration
What is Happy Haskell (Correct responses will vary)
200
The accented syllable in the word "circus"
What is the first syllable "cir"
300
A figure of speech in which two things are compared using the word "like" or "as"
What is Simile
300
A three line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable patter.
What is Haiku
300
The baby's skin was like a rose petal.
What is a simile
300
Give an example of a Simile
What is run like your hair is on fire (Correct responses will vary)
300
The difference between a metaphor and a simile
What is a simile uses "like" or "as" to compare two things while a metaphor doesn't
400
A figure of speech in which things or abstract ideas are given person-like qualities
What is Personification
400
A formal grouping of lines in poetry
What is a stanza
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!! His room was a junk pile.
What is a metaphor
400
Give an example of Personification
What is the tree waved at me (Correct responses will vary)
400
The rhyme pattern in this stanza: It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me
What is ABABCB
500
Language intended to appeal to the senses
What is Imagery
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!! The number of verses in a sonnet
What is 14
500
The sea licked the grass at the edge of the shore.
What is personification
500
Give an example of alliteration
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. (Correct responses will vary)
500
The empashis or stress given to a syllable or word
What is Accent