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Literary terms
Name It!
Hodgepodge
100
This type of figurative language compares two unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
100

Name two types of figurative language in this sentence: Even though the test was really hard, I stayed as cool as a cucumber.

What are simile and alliteration?

100
This the word for a literary work, either spoken or written, that has unique style, language, and rhythm.
What is poetry?
100
Juliet is the sun.
What is a metaphor?
100
  • The chair squealed in pain when the hammer smashed it, what literacy device is this?

What is Personification?

200
This is an example of what type of figurative language: "Arf, arf, arf!" said Fido.
What is onomatopoeia?
200

Name two types of figurative language in this sentence. The dinghy danced on the ocean.

What are alliteration and personification?

200
This section of a poem could be compared to a section of an article of story.
What is a stanza?
200
Luke Luck licks lakes.
What is alliteration?
200
  • The loud silence of night keeps him awake. What literacy device?

What is oxymoron?

300
This an example of which type of figurative language: "I have a million things to do."
What is hyperbole?
300

Name two types of figurative language in this sentence: The wind whispered in my ears.

What are alliteration and personification?

300

The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

What is protagonist?

300
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.
What is hyperbole?
300

300 - This shows examples of which (two) types of figurative language: “Row, row, row, your boat Gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life is but a dream.”

What are repetition, or rhyme, or rhythm?

400
"Mike’s microphone made much music." is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is alliteration?
400

Read and name the figurative language types: "The tires swooshed along the street in the slushy snow."

What are alliteration and onomatopoeia?

400

What is the common template of stories that involve a hero who goes on an adventure, is victorious in a decisive crisis, and comes home changed or transformed?

What is the Hero's journey or monomyth?

400
He's as happy as a clam.
What is simile?
400
  • The ball is in your court.

What is an idiom?

500

Time flies when you are having fun.

What is an idiom?

500
Read and name the figurative language types: "The cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slap Of soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge" from "Digging" by Seamus Heaney
What are onomatopoeia and alliteration?
500

BONUS QUESTION: DOUBLE THE POINTS.  What are the 3 examples of rhetoric?

What is ethos, pathos and logos?

500
Oink, hisss, moo, meow, Bam! and boom! and bang! and pow!
What is onomatopoeia?
500

The poem "The Latin Deli" has Christian imagery of the Holy Trinity and the author's childhood. What is that called?

What is allusion?