Literary Devices
More Literary Devices
And the device is….
The device used
Music/Pop Culture
100
THIS compares two unlike objects using like or as
What is Simile?
100
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is Hyperbole?
100
The plants begged for water.
What is Personification?
100
The dove symbolizes peace.
What is symbolism?
100
The 20/20 Experience is THIS artist's third studio album.
Who is Justin Timberlake?
200
This literary device that gives human characteristics to objects, animals, or ideas.
What is Personification?
200
The use of an object, character, or setting to represent something other than itself.
What is Symbolism?
200
I'm so afraid of germs that I must have washed my hands a million times today.
What is Hyperbole?
200
When the politician was caught stealing from the taxpayers, everyone thought he would receive a severe punishment, but all he got was a slap on the wrist.
What is Idiom?
200
Aubrey Graham is a Canadian rapper that goes by this stage name
Who is Drake?
300
THIS is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
What is Onomatopoeia?
300
THIS devices involves one or more of your five senses.
What is Imagery?
300
Zoom zoom went the car as it passed my house.
What is Onomatopoeia?
300
His feet are as big as boats.
What is Simile?
300
This famous 19 year old pop star has a pet money named Mally.
Who is Justin Bieber?
400
A method authors use to build suspense by hinting about what is to come.
What is Foreshadowing?
400
The difference between what is said and what is meant.
What is Irony?
400
The eagle was a jet plane soaring through the clouds.
What is metaphor?
400
The eerie silence was shattered by her scream.
What is Imagery?
400
"Young Money" is the label of this rap artist
Who is Lil' Wayne?
500
A phrase or a string of words all beginning with the same sounds.
What is Alliteration?
500
A common expression understood figuratively, as the literal definition makes no sense. Ex: (Julie thought her mom would let her go to the party, but no dice.)
What is idiom?
500
Counting Crows circled the dead animal.
What is Alliteration?
500
A big weightlifter in a short story is called "Tiny" or a skinny man is called "Fat Tony."
What is irony?
500
Roman Zolanski is the alter ego of this hip hop/rap artist
Who is Nicki Minaj?