A comparison of two different things using "like" or "as."
What is simile?
100
A comparison of two different things without using "like" or "as."
What is metaphor?
100
"When he lifted me up in his arms I felt I had left all my troubles on the floor beneath me like gigantic concrete shoes."
What is a simile?
100
"Brrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinng! An alarm clock clanged in the dark and silent room."
What is onomatopoeia?
200
An example of this literary term is "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
What is alliteration?
200
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human.
What is personification?
200
Sound words
What is onomatopoeia?
200
"I was helpless. I did not know what in the world to do. I was quaking from head to foot, and could have hung my hat on my eyes, they stuck out so far."
What is hyperbole?
200
"Dirk turned on the car wipers, which grumbled because they didn't have quite enough rain to wipe away, so he turned them off again. Rain quickly speckled the windscreen. He turned on the wipers again, but they still refused to feel that the exercise was worthwhile, and scraped and squeaked in protest."
What is personification?
300
The turning point of the story
What is climax?
300
Not saying enough. (The opposite of a hyperbole)
What is understatement?
300
Placing two opposite words next to each other in order to create a new word.
What is oxymoron?
300
"Being struck by lightning is a shocking experience!"
What is a pun?
300
"Humor is the shock absorber of life; it helps us take the blows."
What is a metaphor?
400
Word Choice
What is diction?
400
An extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
400
A play on words
What is a pun?
400
"Ralph, if you're gonna be a phony, you might as well be a real phony."
What is oxymoron?
400
"I have to have this operation. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain."
- J.D. Salinger, "The Catcher in the Rye"
What is understatement?
500
This type of irony occurs when both the characters and the audience are surprised.
What is situational irony?
500
A phrase that is not meant to be taken seriously. An example of this term is the question "What's up?"
What is idiom?
500
A reference to something outside the text
What is allusion?
500
Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone.
I'll be waiting; all that's left to do is run.
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess,
It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes."
- Taylor Swift, "Love Story"