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Wicked Witch of the West.
What is alliteration?
100
If I can’t buy that new game, I will die.
What is a hyperbole?
100

Everyone thought Sheila was a brat.  She seemed to always get her way or she would whine and pout if she didn't.  Most people denied being her friend.  But it never bothered Sheila because she was so wrapped up in her own affairs that she didn't even notice people talking behind her back.  She showed that much confidence.

What is an characterization?

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“It’s too hot today. Isn’t it?”
What is a rhetorical question?
100
In Star Wars, Luke does not know Darth Vader is his father until Episode V, but the audience knows sooner.
What is dramatic irony?
200
Her life passed her by.
What is personification?
200

Emmett left the house looking fly today.  He was wearing a new pair of Nikes.  They were crisp white, with blue shoelaces, and a golden yellow stripe.  The bottom rim of the shoes were also golden.

On the top of his head was a matching blue fitted cap, that also matched his polo.  He wore a rolex watch, and two golden hoop earrings.

What is imagery?

200
I have no hope. I have no money. I have no faith. I have no joy.
What is repetition?
200
An ambulance driver goes to a nigh-time bike accident scene and runs over the accident victim because the victim has crawled to the center of the road with their bike.
What is situational irony?
200

In Homegoing,  The fire, and the black stone are examples of this.

What is symbolism?

300
A man who is a traffic cop gets his license suspended for unpaid parking tickets.
What is situational irony?
300

A cross.

A dead in street.

a stop sign.

A skull and crossbones.

What is symbolism?

300
In King Lear, we know that Lear’s most loyal daughter is Corelia and he can’t see it.
What is dramatic irony?
300

1st Person (I)

2nd Person (You)

3rd Person (He/She/it/They)

What is point of view?

300
We are so poor; we don’t have two cents to rub together.
What is a hyperbole?
400
His heart was as black as coal.
What is a simile?
400

At dinner after the movie, John says to Jack "I enjoyed the movie as much as getting a root canal."

What is verbal irony?

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Johnny joked about jawbreakers.
What is alliteration?
400
“Hey! Guess who the new Newton of our school is?”
What is allusion?
400
Purr
What is onomatopoeia?
500
It's raining men.
What is a metaphor?
500
“Are you stupid?”
What is a rhetorical question?
500
He is the apple of my eye.
What is a metaphor?
500
"I like spending time with my co-workers as much as I enjoy digging my eye out with a dull spoon."
What is verbal irony?
500
The sun glared down at me from the sky.
What is personification?