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Totally Irrelevant
100
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in 2 or more neighboring words or syllables.
What is alliteration?
100
Whose aspect the story/ narrative is being told from.
What is point of view.
100
He is as trustworthy as a snake.
What is a simile?
100
Sally sells seashells by the sea shore.
What is an example of alliteration?
100
How many seconds should you wash your hands?
What is 20 seconds.
200
Comparing something without using like or as.
What is metaphor.
200
Literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
200
It rains the one day you don't bring your umbrella.
What is an example of irony?
200
Swoosh! Bang! Bam!
What is an example of onomatopoeia?
200
The television show that includes characters: Velma, Daphne, and Fred.
What is Scooby Doo?
300
Occurs when two contradictory words are together in one phrase.
What is oxymoron.
300
Poetic device used to imitate sounds.
What is Onomatopoeia?
300
WHAT POINT OF VIEW IS THE FOLLOWING: "Elizabeth sat up. Thunder rolled in the distance. She got out of bed to get a glass of water. As she fell asleep, she kept her eyes on the horizon of the ranch."
What is third person - OBJECTIVE.
300
The sun is smiling down on me.
What is an example of personification.
300
The SONG TITLE of: Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running Didn't make sense not to live for fun Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
What is All Star by Smash Mouth?
400
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
What is connotation?
400
Any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story.
What is motif?
400
WHICH POINT OF VIEW IS THE FOLLOWING: "Chance sat next to Karen. Karen breathed in slowly. Chance took her hand, and rehearsed in his head what he would tell her. What he had sworn never to tell another living person ever again."
What is third person - LIMITED?
400
Jumbo shrimp.
What is an example of oxymoron?
400
Lamentations or Taylor Swift lyrics? "She cries herself to sleep at night, tears soaking her pillow."
What is Lamentations 1:2
500
Attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.
What is tone?
500
Used to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule.
What is satire.
500
WHICH POINT OF VIEW IS THE FOLLOWING: "Dumb... Dumb. Dumb. Dumb. I never should have left him here by himself," Scott thought to himself. Henry stood there, shaking his head back and forth, trying to remember that they had been talking to Jeremiah only 5 minutes ago.
What is third person - OMNISCIENT?
500
He is the apple of my eye.
What is an example of metaphor?
500
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
What are footsteps?