Juxtapose This...
Simile & Metaphors
What are we alluding to?
Name This Device
Also Name This Device
100
Light is often juxtaposed with this...

What is darkness?

100

"Light as a feather" is an example of this poetic device

What is a simile?

100

Don't be late or you'll turn into a pumpkin!

What is Cinderella?

100

Repeating a line over and over is this device

What is repetition?

100

Sally sells seashells by the seashore is an example of this poetic device where the beginning consonant sound is repeated

What is alliteration?

200

The angel is often juxtaposed with this other figure

Who is the devil?

200

"The snow is a blanket" is an example of this poetic device

What is a metaphor?

200
Your nose just grew- I know you're lying!

What is Pinocchio?

200

Roses are red (A)

Violets are blue (B)

Sugar is sweet (C)

And so are you (B)

is an example of this poetic device

What is rhyme scheme?

200

"Toss the glass, boss" is an example of this poetic device, where consonant sounds in a word are repeated

What is consonance?

300

Sunshine could be juxtaposed with this

What is rain?
300

"I'm feeling blue" is a way for someone to say they are experiencing this emotion

What is sadness?

300

Calling someone Steph Curry means they're probably good at this sport

What is basketball?

300

Reversing the order of a phrase, like saying the "Comes the dawn" rather than "The dawn comes" is an example of this poetic device

What is poetic inversion?

300

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star" is an example of this poetic device, where someone talks to someone who is not present, or an inanimate object

What is apostrophe?

400

Water would be juxtaposed with this

What is fire?

400

Calling someone a "night owl" means they are likely to do what?

What is stay up late?

400

Calling someone Romeo is an allusion to this famous writer

Who is Shakespeare?

400

Boom. Snap. Pop. Clap are examples of this poetic device

What is onomatopoeia?

400
"Hope is a thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson uses this poetic device by comparing hope to a bird throughout her poem

What is an extended metaphor?

500

War would be juxtaposed with this

What is peace?

500

Calling someone a couch potato doesn't mean they are a crop, but is a way to describe them as this word

What is lazy?

500

If you have a crush on someone, someone might say were struck by this mythical figure's arrow

Who is Cupid?

500

"Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo" is an example of this poetic device that repeats vowels sounds

What is assonance?

500

"The sun smiled down on us" is an example of this poetic device where inanimate objects are given human characteristics

What is personification?