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Sound Devices I
Sound Devices II
Figures of Speech
Figures of Speech II
Other Terms
100
The repetition of the same consonant sound in words?
What is alliteration?
100
The mouse ran up the clock
What is an example of rhythm?
100
A play on words
What is pun?
100
A word that means something other than what they say
What is Idiom?
100
A comparison that shows relationship
What is Analogy?
200
Words or phrases that are used over and over to create music or emphasize a concept
What is repetition?
200
A word that sounds like the things they're describing
What is Onomatopoeia?
200
compares something inanimate by giving it human/animal qualities
What is personification?
200
Compares by saying one thing is "like" or "as" something else
What is simile?
200
References another work of art or literature
What is allusion?
300
This is measured in meters. Patterns of stress in words of a line.
What is rhythm?
300
The repetition of vowel sounds
What is assonance?
300
The "funny bone" is where the humorous bone meets the ulna and it feels funny when it is hit.
What is an example of a pun?
300
My date last night was the funniest guy on earth.
What is an example of a hyperbole?
300
When someone means the opposite of what they're saying or an event occurs that is opposite of what is expected
What is irony?
400
Words sounding the same.
What is rhyme?
400
I do not like green eggs and ham;I do not like them Sam I am.
What is an example of Assonance?
400
Compares by saying one thing is something else
What is a metaphor?
400
He was green with envy.
What is an example of idiom?
400
Something that stands for or represents something else
What is symbolism?
500
An example of alliteration that has the repeating "p" consonant
What is Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers?
500
Tick tock, drip drop
What is an example of onomatopoeia?
500
An exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
500
The grass danced in the wind.
What is an example of personification?
500
In a story, a hint at what will happen in the future
What is forshadowing?