Lit. Devices #1
Life is like a box of chocolates.
What is a simile?
You are a star!
What is a metaphor?
The April birthstone.
What is diamond?
This is the man who fell in love with Psyche.
Who is Cupid?
This is the name of the famous, flying horse in Greek mythology.
What is Pegasus?
This suitcase weighs a ton!
What is a hyperbole?
He was a real Hercules! (Hint: Not metaphor)
What is an allusion?
The 40 days before Easter in Christianity.
What is Lent?
This is the name of the man who fell in love with his own reflection.
What is Narcissus?
The name of the Greek hero who completed 12 labors.
What is Hercules?
The tea kettle screamed when the water started to boil.
What is personification?
The type of conflict when the protagonist is fighting with the elements and/ or natural disasters.
What is man v. nature conflict?
The Greek goddess of Spring and nature.
The name of the goddess who told Cupid to punish Psyche.
What is Venus or Aphrodite?
The singer/ musician who fell in love with Eurydice.
Who is Orpheus?
The type of irony if a police station gets robbed.
What is situational irony?
Bam! Swoosh! Pow!
What is onomatopoeia?
The country the Easter bunny originated in.
What is Germany?
The father of Icarus.
Who is Daedalus?
The father of Phaethon.
Who is Helios?
For the children, for the vulnerable, and for the weak, we will serve our community. (Hint: Be more specific than repetition!)
What is anaphora?
The type of imagery in the following sentence.
"The asphalt was coarse and sharp, burning as it tore at the skin on my knee."
What is tactile imagery?
The country with the world's largest Easter egg museum.
What is Poland?
The name of the dog guarding the river Styx.
What is Cerberus?
The name of Pandora's husband.
What is Epimetheus?