Figurative Language

Name That Device

100

$100 Q: A comparison using like or as.

Simile

200

$200 Q: An extreme exaggeration.

Hyperbole

300

$300 Q: A nonhuman thing given human traits.

Personification

400

$400 Q: A reference to a famous person, place, or event.

Allusion

500

$500 Q: A phrase whose meaning cannot be understood from the literal words. Commonly used phrases like piece of cake.

Idiom

Examples in Action

100

$100 Q: Her smile was as bright as the sun. → What device?

Simile

200

$200 Q: The classroom was a zoo. → What device?

Metaphor

300

$300 Q: The leaves danced in the wind. → What device?

Personification

400

$400 Q: He’s a real Romeo with the ladies. → What device?

Allusion

500

$500 Q: She spilled the beans about the surprise party. → What device?

Idiom

Poetic Tools

100

$100 Q: The repetition of initial consonant sounds. Susan sells seashells...

Alliteration

200

$200 Q: Words that sound like the noises they make (buzz, boom, crash).

Onomatopoeia

300

$300 Q: When two words sound alike at the end of lines.

Rhyme

400

$400 Q: A reference in a story or poem to a famous person, place, or event.

Allusion

500

$500 Q: A lesson in a text that figurative language often develops.

Theme

Sound Devices

100

$100 Q: Bang! Boom! Crash! → What device?

Onomatopoeia

200

$200 Q: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. → What device?

Alliteration

300

$300 Q: A repeated word or phrase for emphasis

Repetition

400

$400 Q: The night was silent, the stars were bright, the world felt right. → What device?

Rhyme

500

$500 Q: Why do poets and playwrights use sound devices?

To create rhythm, mood, and emphasis.

Challenge Round

100

$100 Q: What’s the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

Simile uses “like” or “as,” metaphor says one thing IS another.

200

$200 Q: Give your own example of hyperbole.

Answers vary (ex: “This backpack weighs a ton!”).

300

$300 Q: Explain why writers use personification.

To make descriptions more vivid and relatable.

400

$400 Q: Write one original sentence that uses both a simile and alliteration.

Answers vary (ex: “Sally sprinted like a swift shadow”).

500

$500 Q: Write two lines of poetry that include figurative language. Be ready to identify it.

Answers vary (students must name device).