Sound Devices
Humor/Wordplay
Making Meaning
Blast From the Past
100

Buzz! Pop! Zip! are all examples of this term.

Onomatopoeia

100

The phrase “I got fired from the calendar factory for taking a day off!” is an example of this term.

Pun

100

The owl is a __for wisdom and intelligence.

Symbol

100

“Her eyes were as blue as sapphires” is an example of this term.

Simile

200

Which term is this an example of? The sulky seal slipped into the sea.

Alliteration

200

A word or phrase must have this to make it into a pun.

A second meaning.

200

Personification involves giving __qualities to a non-human thing.

Human-like.

200

Man vs society is an example of this term.

Conflict.

300

In sound devices, it’s not the same letter that needs to be repeated, it’s the same.

Sounds

300

Saying one thing and meaning another thing is the definition of this term.

Verbal Irony
300

“Your suitcase weighs a ton!” is an example of this term.

Hyperbole

300

The writer’s feelings about their subject is the definition of this term.

Tone.

400

In consonance, the consonant sound that is repeated is at the __ or the end of the nearby words.

Middle

400

This purpose of sarcasm makes it different from verbal irony.

To make fun of something, negativity.

400

“That guy has the muscles of Hercules!” is an example of this term.

Allusion

400

“That haunted house in the book was so scary that it gave me goosebumps.” This is an example of the __ of the book.

Mood.

500

Assonance is a repetition of these types of sounds.

Vowels

500

Irony is the contrast between what is __ and what actually happens.

Expected

500

“A word or phrase that does not literally mean what it says” is the definition of this term.

Idiom

500

A comparison between two __ things is the definition of a metaphor.

Unlike.