I went to the store a thousand times and still couldn't find the sweet potatoes!
Hyperbole
100
It rains on the weather man's birthday party
situational irony
100
Buddy the blue bulldog bites banjos
alliteration
100
the boy looked like a monkey with the way he swung around on the jungle gym
simile
100
The typical character embodying certain traits
archetype
200
One book ought to be enough to fill up this library!
Understatement
200
The school lunches here taste like they came from a 5 star restaurant!
verbal irony
200
easy breezy lemon squeezy
assonance
200
diction means...
word choice
200
a satire is a work that create humor by______and has the goal of_________
being sarcastic, improving society and being entertaining
300
A story about life in the US is set on an alien planet where everyone is green or blue
absurdity
300
You open up the door to see that a surprise party has been planned for you. Everyone on your street knew except for you!
dramatic irony
300
he rocks on the block with a black guitar
consonance
300
don't talk smack to me!
consonance
300
despair, hope, falling in love are all examples of....
theme
400
That old TV at your grandparents is cutting edge technology!
sarcasm
400
Brad threatened to beat up the masked person who came to his door, thinking it was the person who had been harassing his sister. It turns out that the masked person was his sister trying to play a prank on him.
situational irony
400
the car that's green looks really mean
internal rhyme
400
the coolers of lunch jumped up and down as the bus careened down the curving hill
personification
400
give a tone word for "happy" and "sad" with improved vocabulary - not looking at your tone vocabulary sheet
answers will vary
500
The summer camp really showed its support of the kids when they lowered the number of counselors available this year!
invective
500
Casey got rid of her bulldog because she was allergic, but she wasn't allergic to cats
not ironic
500
a guitar is the paintbrush of a musical artist
metaphor
500
tone is the _______ of a text, while diction describes the ______
mood, word choice
500
Name 3 characteristics of the epic hero archetype
answers may vary.... glorified, on a quest, fights for his people