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The Weird Ones
Identification
Know Your Definitions
100
She sells sea shells on the sea shore.
What is alliteration?
100
The sun smiled down on me as the warm breeze thawed my heart.
What is happy or joyful?
100
A word that describes a sound and also mimics the sound when the word is spoken
What is onomatopoeia?
100
The wind shrieked with fury.
What is personification?
100
The giving of human traits to non-human things incapable of having those traits.
What is personification?
200
She is like the sun so fair.
What is a simile?
200
Darkness filled the room and the candle flickered eerily.
What is scary?
200
Extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
200
The book was a weight, it was so heavy.
What is metaphor?
200

The speaker/poets attitude towards their work.

What is the tone?

300
Clouds are ships which sail the skies.
What is a metaphor?
300
How do you measure a snake? In inches, they don't have feet. 

What is funny or humourous?

300

The repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of a word.

What is consonance?

300
Boom! Boom! Boom! Mr. Brown can make thunder.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Replacing a harsh term with a much more pleasant phrase
What is an euphemism?
400

I was struggling to figure out how lightening works, but then it struck me!

What is Pun?

400
Rain fell as I stared into the grey, dreary forest.
What is sad or depressing or dreadful?
400
Words that are opposite, but when put together make sense
What is oxymoron
400

The goat in the boat was wearing a coat

What is Assonance?

400

A comparison of similar things, often for the purpose of using something familiar to explain something unfamiliar. 

What is Analogy?

500
I must be cruel to be kind
What is Paradox
500
The day was long and hard, but I was the victor!
What is prideful, encouraging or uplifting?
500

A work that carries meaning which is overly symbolic or meant to instill a specific point. 

What is Allegory?

500

The red coats are coming!

What is Metonymy?

500

A thing belonging, or appropriate to, a period other than that in which it exists. 

What is Anachronism?