Literary Devices
Using "like" or "as" to compare.
What is a simile?
Scattered fragments, wreckage
(begins with d-)
Debris
The narrator of "The Cask of Amontillado."
Montressor
Part of speech for the word "running"
verb
threw themselves into the BREACH
opening, gap
A word that represents a sound.
What is Onomatopoeia?
Lasting for a long time, persistant
(begins with p-)
perennial
Setting of "The Rules of the Game."
The White House
Proper Noun
RELINQUISHED the password
gave up, let go of
An exaggeration of a statement/feeling/facts.
What is Hyperbole?
Food for horses or cattle
(begins with f-)
Fodder
A clown costume of many colors.
What is "motley?"
happiness, sadness, integrity
abstract nouns
tarnish, dirty
Repetition of initial sounds in a group of words.
What is alliteration?
Difficult or impossible to read.
Illegible
Setting of "The Girl Who Can"
Ghana, Africa
team, senate, class
collective nouns
An ALTERCATION at the store...
Language that does not mean what is literally written.
What is Idiom?
To make right or correct.
rectify
Author or "Rules of the Game"
ABOUT
in the phrase - "about the movie"
preposition
PILFERING from her job
stealing