Literary Terms #1

Figurative Language

100

An example of this is "dark, dreary dungeon."

What is "alliteration"?

200

"How now brown cow" is an example of this literary term.

What is "assonance"?

300

An example of this literary term could be "I've told you A THOUSAND TIMES to clean your room!!!!"

What is "hyperbole"?

400

"The door shrieked on its hinges" is an example of 2 literary terms. Name one of them.

What is "imagery" or "personification"?

500

A literary figure of speech that exposes a relationship of similarity between two terms so that their concepts can be interchanged.

What is "a metaphor"?

My Father is a Simple Man Comprehension

100

Question #1

What is "C"?

200

Question #2

What is "A"?

300

Question #3

What is "A"?

400

Question #4

What is "B"?

500

Question #5

What are "kindness, patience, worker and provider"?

Homophones

100

I love you, _____. 

To, Too, Two

What is "too"?

200

___________ very hard working. 

There, Their, They're 

What is "They're"?

300

The cat licked ______ paw. 

Its or It's?

What is "Its"?

400

_______ is nothing here I want. 

There, Their, or They're? 

What is "there"?

500

I am not sure if ________ home yet.

There, Their, or They're

What is "They're"?

Definitions

100

An object that stands for or represents something 

What is "symbol"?

200

Refers to "painting a picture for the reader"

What is "imagery"?

300

Making a reference to "a significant person, event, time, or work of literature" 

What is "an allusion"?

400

Uses repetition of sound, but it's in the middle of a word or at the end of a word, not at the beginning.

What is "assonance"?

500

A play on words

What is "pun"?

"My Father" Vocabulary

100

Loud music in honor of someone’s arrival or departure

                                                       

    

What is "fanfare"?

200

A fruit that is round, red, thick-skinned, and filled with juicy pulp and large seeds      

    

What is "pomegranate"?

300

an expert in a particular branch of study

What is "scholar"?

400

the act of appearing one way but being another

                                   

    

What is "pretense"?

500

Lasting forever or for a long time without interruption

What is "perpetual"?