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Literary Devices
Organizational Patterns
Prefixes
Genre
Fact/Opinion
100
Name the literary device being used: Gracefully she sat down sideways, / With a simper smile
What is Alliteration
100
Name the organizational pattern being used: The ice-cream shop around the corner from my house has the best ice-cream in the city. When you first walk inside, there is a long chrome counter with matching stools extending to alongside the far wall. Right where the counter stops, the booth seating begins. There are lots of old-timey knickknacks on the walls and chrome napkin holders on all the tables. My favorite part of the shop is behind the counter glass, where they keep all of the ice-cream flavors. A rainbow of delicious sugary flavors is kept cool and delicious behind the counter glass.
What is Descriptive
100
The meaning of the prefix "un" in the word "unknown"
What is Not
100
This type of story tells about people, things, events, or places that are real.
What is Nonfiction
100
Fact or Opinion Computers are found in many classrooms around the world.
What is Fact
200
Name the literary device being used: The city of Chicago is a fierce dog with a tongue lapping for action.
What is Metaphor OR Personification
200
Name the organizational pattern being used: No one knows the true origin of ice-cream, but the first published ice-cream recipe appears in “Mrs. Mary Eales's Receipts,” a cook book that was printed in London in 1718. Sometime around 1832, an African American confectioner named Augustus Jackson created multiple ice cream recipes and invented a superior technique to manufacture ice cream. Ice cream soda was invented around 1874, but the real breakthrough may have been at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, when the American ice-cream cone was unveiled!
What is Sequence/Chronological
200
The meaning of the prefix "re" in the word "return"
What is Again
200
This is an imaginative story that may have unrealistic characters and events.
What is Fantasy
200
Fact or Opinion Calculators help people solve math problems.
What is Fact
300
Name the literary device being used: Drip—hiss—drip—hiss— fall the raindrops.
What is Onomatopoeia
300
Name the organizational pattern being used: Ice-cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in a many different colors and flavors. Two of my favorite flavors are strawberry and chocolate. Though both of these flavors are delicious, strawberry may contain pieces of fruit while chocolate usually will not. Even though more chocolate ice-cream is sold across the country annually than strawberry, each flavor tastes great inside of a milk shake.
What is Compare/Contrast
300
The meaning of the prefix "tri" in the word "triangle"
What is Three
300
This type of story is set in the past and portrays people, places, and events that did happen or could have happened.
What is Historical Fiction
300
Fact or Opinion Teachers should allow students to use calculators during tests.
What is Opinion
400
Name the literary device being used: Falstaff sweats to death, as he walks along; / Were't not for laughing, I should pity him.
What is Hyperbole
400
Name the organizational pattern being used: Freezer burn may have wasted more ice-cream than sidewalks. If you don’t know, freezer burn is when ice crystals form on the surface of ice-cream. These ice crystals can ruin the texture and flavor of the ice cream. But you can prevent freezer burn. Since freezer burn is caused when melted ice-cream is refrozen, rather than eating your ice-cream from the container as it melts, scoop your ice-cream into a bowl and put the container back in the fridge immediately. Doing this ought to help you solve your issues with freezer burn.
What is Problem/Solution
400
The meaning of the prefix "mis" in the word "misunderstand"
What is Wrong
400
This story is an account of a person's own life.
What is Autobiography
400
Which statement about sports is an opinion rather than a fact? (1) Statistically speaking, the 1976 Buccaneers have the worst record in the NFL having gone 0-14. (2) Athletes are role models and should conduct themselves accordingly in the public eye. (3) Tiger Woods is still the top earning athlete in the world, despite the issues he’s had with his marriage. (4) There are more head and spinal injuries each year from cheerleading than all other sports combined.
What is (2) Athletes are role models and should conduct themselves accordingly in the public eye.
500
Name the literary device being used: "Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone" (Love Story by Taylor Swift)
What is Allusion
500
Name the organizational pattern being used: Have you ever had an ice-cream headache? That’s when a painful sensation resonates in your head after eating something cold (usually ice-cream) on a hot day. This pain is produced by the dilation of a nerve center in the roof of your mouth. The nerve center is overreacting to the cold by trying to heat your brain. Ice-cream headaches have turned many smiles to frowns.
What is Cause/Effect
500
The meaning of the prefix "omni" in the word "omnivore"
What is All/Every
500
This story is one that can be performed for an audience.
What is Drama/Play
500
Which statement about the spread of nuclear weapons is a fact rather than an opinion? (1) Nations possessing nuclear weapons should not have to limit the production of weapons. (2) The spread of nuclear weapons was a smaller problem in the 1990s than it was in the 1970s. (3) The United States and Russia signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties during the 1970s. (4) Only developing nations are concerned about the spread of nuclear weapons.
What is (3) The United States and Russia signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaties during the 1970s.