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100

A comparison between two things without using like or as

Metaphor

100

The girl who used to be very vociferous doesn't talk much anymore

talkative or loud/vocal

100

J. Jonah Jameson

Alliteration

100

defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly.

theme

100

What is the tone?

The man's face, lighted by the lamp, was radiant. Even the large nose was made more beautiful by the love that shone in his small, grey eyes.

affectionate

200

To give an animal or inanimate object human like characteristics

Personification

200

At the time of the film's release, the possibility of de-extinction seemed fantastical. Subsequent advances in technology, however, have made that possibility a growing reality.

far fetched

200

“Hail Hydra”

Alliteration

200

an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience; generally conveyed through the choice of words, or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject.

tone

200

What is the tone?

Over in the West, jolly, round, red Mr. Sun started to go to bed behind the purple hills, and the shadows came creeping out.

light-hearted

300

I'm so hungry; I could eat a whole horse!

Hyperbole

300

Rather than be involved in clandestine meetings, they did everything quite openly.

secretive

300

“You start to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it/You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes”

Personification

300

Identify the theme:

The teacher said that she hoped all of her students would pass with good grades.

optimism 

300

Identify the theme:

All the family members were dressed in black, with somber faces. They were participating in the funeral ceremony of their deceased relative.

gloom

400

You're the sunflower

Metaphor

400

He was so parsimonious that he refused to give his own sons the few pennies they needed to buy pencils for school. It truly hurt him to part with his money.

unable to part with money/stingy

400

“You left me falling & landing in my grave”

Hyperbole

400

Identify the type of irony:

Only the laborers were working on Labor Day.

situational

400

Identify the theme.

The space travelers were travelling to the moon, when their spaceship suddenly ran out of fuel. They were all frightened to learn that they wouldn’t be able to return to Earth, and could only land on the moon.

theme of fear

500

Thwip!

Onomatopoeia 

500

The 1993 movie Jurassic Park explores dangers that can arise from using technology to resurrect extinct species. In the film, scientists extract dinosaur DNA from prehistoric mosquitoes preserved in amber and use it to create living dinosaurs for an island theme park. However, the dinosaurs prove to be less tractable than predicted. They escape from their enclosures and begin attacking the humans, creating chaos on the island. The movie serves as a warning about the revival of extinct species—a process known as de-extinction.

Easy to control

500

“It’s like a pirate and an angel had a baby.”

Simile

500

it is an object representing another, to give an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant.

symbolism

500

Identify the point of view:

“When Jane and Elizabeth were alone, the former, who had been cautious in her praise of Mr. Bingley before, expressed to her sister how very much she admired him.”

third