The sun smiled down on me as the warm breeze thawed my heart.
What is happy or joyful?
100
Extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
100
The bodybuilder's arms were tree trunks.
What is hyperbole?
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
The repetition of beginning sound in at least 3 or more words
What is alliteration?
200
The book was a weight, it was so heavy.
What is metaphor?
200
The emotional effect of a poem or a story
What is the mood?
300
Clouds are ships which sail the skies.
What is a metaphor?
300
The monkey screamed at me; he got out of his car and screamed at me!
What is funny or humourous?
300
A word that describes a sound and also mimics the sound when the word is spoken
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Boom! Boom! Boom! Mr. Brown can make thunder
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Words and phrases that help the reader visualize, or imagine what is happening, in literature.
What is imagery?
400
The trees were as tall as skyscrapers!
What is hyperbole?
400
Rain fell as I stared into the grey, dreary forest.
What is sad or depressing or dreadful?
400
This type of poetry has 21 syllables total
What is a Haiku?
400
Hey diddle diddle!
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
What is personification?
400
When words, items, or images represent an abstract idea or meaning
What is symbolism?
500
The news took me by surprise
What is personification?
500
The day was long and hard, but I was the victor!
What is prideful, encouraging or uplifting?
500
What is the main difference between a haiku and a tanka?
A tanka has more lines than a haiku
500
"'Cause I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roar!"
What is onomatopoeia?
500
A division of four or more lines having a fixed length, meter or rhyming scheme, forming a division of a poem