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100

Using extreme exaggeration.

Hyperbole

100
"I will always be your Juliet if you will always be my Romeo"

What is allusion?

100

I have a million things to do before Christmas.

What is hyperbole?

100
Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
Simile
100

In books or movies, to begin in the middle of the action 

What is in medias res?

200
Giving human qualities to an object or animal
Personification
200
Words that imitate the sounds they make
Onomatopoeia
200

Boom, splat, buzz, kachoo!

Onomatopoeia

200

The boy's stomach was a bottomless pit.

Metaphor

200

There are three types of Irony.

What are situational, dramatic, and verbal?

300
The repetition of a beginning consonant sound in words that are close together
Alliteration
300

Using a play on words. (Someone attempting to be funny, but it usually is not.)

Pun

300
It was so cold outside, I thought I would die. (Could it really have been THAT cold?)
Hyperbole
300

Badabing, Badaboom!

What is onomatopoeia?

300

Solving a problem in the plot with an unexpected object or person; sometimes called "God in the machine"

What is deus ex machina?

400

Repetition of a phrase or sentence for a poetic effect or emphasis

What is Anaphora?

400

Something is used to represent an idea, person, event, or object

Symbolism

400

Combines two seemingly opposite terms into a brief phrase 

What is an Oxymoron?

400

The wind screamed my name as I hiked towards the woods.

What is personification?

400

Doctor Doom and Reed Richards

Foils

500

The order or sequence of events that take place in a literary work

What is a plot?

500

The strict dictionary definition of a word

What is denotation?

500

The emotional reaction or overtones of a particular word

What is connotation?

500

A clue that is meant to be misleading or distracting

What is a red herring?

500

The wind whistled as I wandered on the winding path.

What is alliteration?