Figurative Language
Literary Devices
Poetry
Prose
Potpourri
100
"Her eyes were the morning dew on the grass."
is an example of this type of Figurative Language.
What is a metaphor?
100
"Mom walked into the kitchen to put the grocery bags down on the counter when she noticed shattered glass from the picture window all over the living room floor and a baseball not far from there. 'I'm going to kill you, Tommy!' Mom yelled to herself as she realized that Tommy's shoes were gone."
This passage relies on this Literary Device.
What is an inference/inferencing?
100
in this example, this is a dog.
What is the speaker?
100
"Old man Jenkins began to tell them the story, 'When I was a young boy, one day in the bank I found a $4 bill!' then they drifted off to sleep."
Old Man Jenkins uses this literary technique.
What is an anecdote?
100
"Road Work Ahead"
is an example of what Literary Device?
What is a pun?
200
"Jumbo Shrimp, Living Dead and Act Naturally"
are examples of this type of Figurative Language.
What are oxymorons?
200
"Is this supposed to be some kind of joke?"
is an example of this Literary Device.
What is a rhetorical question?
200
"As I drew nearer to the end of all desire,
I brought my longing’s ardor to a final height,
Just as I ought. My vision, becoming pure,
Entered more and more the beam of that high light
That shines on its own truth. From then, my seeing
Became too large for speech, which fails at a sight…"
This element of this poem could be described as ABABCB.
What is rhyme scheme?
200
"I knew if I asked Jimmy to help, he would say 'Go do it yourself!' but if I asked Johnny, he would say 'Of course, when can we start?' which tells you all you need to know about either of them."
is an example of a character using this technique.
What is indirect characterization?
200
"Lies and deceit can get you killed."
is an example of this element of a piece of writing.
What is a theme?
300
"As I awoke in the middle of the night, I could hear it again. At first, a gentle scratching sound, but one that turned into a grating, crumbling affair. Oh how I hated living at street level!"
is an example of this type of Figurative Language.
What is imagery?
300
"I keep trying to go on a diet, but cookies are my Achilles heel."
is an example of this Literary Device.
What is an allusion?
300
"'Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!'
He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree And stood awhile in thought. "
this is an example of two of these from Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky.
What are stanzas?
300
"You grab your coat, put it on, then walk out the front door. On your way, you stumble and break your leg."
is an example of this uncommon literary technique.
What is second-person point of view?
300
"The killer crept down the hallway silently, while little Emma Lou continued to look through her toybox, blissfully unaware."
is an example of what Literary Device?
What is dramatic irony?
400
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us.
It eluded us then, but that’s no matter-
Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther....
And one fine morning..."
is an example of this type of Figurative Language.
What is symbolism?
400
"'I won't, I won't, I won't!' Shouted Emily, when her mom asked her to clean her room. 'I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't!' Shouted she, when told to use the vacuum."
is an example of this Literary Device.
What is repetition?
400
"There once was a man from Nantucket,
who got his foot stuck in a bucket."
is an example of this type of rhyme.
What is a couplet?
400
Thanos says:
“I’ve come home. Because I’m tired of running from who I am. From who I was born to be.”
this indicates this element of Thanos.
What is motivation?
400
"Then come, sweet death, and rid me of this grief."
is an example of this Literary Device.
What is an apostrophe?
500
"Fire departments in New York City had a bit of a rough time on and around September 11th, 2001."
is an example of this type of Figurative Language.
What is an understatement?
500
"(Laura) rushes awkwardly for her coat. The coat is one of Amanda's, inaccurately made-over, the sleeves too short for Laura."
is an example of what Literary Device?
What is juxtaposition?
500
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date."
This is the Rhyme Scheme of this poem.
What is ABAB?
500
"So we drove on toward death in the cooling twilight."
is an example of this.
What is foreshadowing?
500
"Once you start down the dark path, forever it will dominate your destiny. Consume you, it will." vs "Once you start down the dark path, it will dominate your destiny. It will consume you."
is an example of a change in this.
What is syntax?