A device that compares two things using the word like or as
What is a simile?
100
A device that compares two things that aren't alike
What is a metaphor?
100
A shoe is to a foot as wheel is to a _____.
What is a tire?
100
Good coffee is like friendship: rich and warm and strong.
What is a simile?
100
Are you kidding me?
What is a rhetorical question?
200
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in a row
What is alliteration?
200
The repeated use of a word or phrase for emphasis
What is repetition?
200
A finger is to a hand as a toe is to a _____.
What is a foot?
200
Memory is a crazy woman who hoards colored rags and throws away food.
What is a metaphor?
200
"If I lost my BlackBerry, I would die." - Kim Kardashian
What is hyperbole?
300
The use of exaggeration for emphasis
What is hyperbole?
300
A question whose answer is implied or obvious
What is a rhetorical question?
300
A hammer is to a carpenter as a frying pan is to a _____.
What is a chef, cook or homemaker?
300
You'll never put a better bit of butter on your knife.
What is alliteration?
300
A kleptomaniac is a person who helps himself because he can't help himself.
What is repetition?
400
The repetition of the same grammatical structure in successive phrases or clauses
What is parallelism?
400
Pathos
What is an appeal to the audience's emotions?
400
Fish is to gills as a person is to _____.
What are lungs?
400
The coach told the players that they should get a lot of sleep, that they should not eat too much, and that they should do some warm-up exercises before the game.
What is parallelism?
400
Sad music and images used as persuasion
What is an example of pathos?
500
Ethos
What is the credibility of the speaker?
500
Logos
What is the logic the speaker uses to support his/her argument?
500
Snake is to reptile as bear is to _____.
What is mammal?
500
The speaker's morals and intentions
What is ethos?
500
If you are between the ages of 13-19, you are a teenager.
You are 15.
You are a teenager.