This is Literally All About Figurative Language
I'm a Poet and I Didn't Even Know It
Ethos & Pathos & Logos, Oh My!
Too Much Drama
Island of Misfit Toys
100

He danced around the summer sun like a spectator at the Burning Man festival. 

What is a simile?

100

A unit of language into which a poem is divided. These end on at the right hand margin.

What is a line?

100

Using logistical reasons (stats, graphs, facts) to convince or persuade someone to do something.

What is logos?

100

A play or film which incorporates singing and dancing.

What is a musical?

100

This goes at the end of your introduction paragraph, and it sets up the entire purpose of your paper. 

What is a thesis statement?

200

This game of Jeopardy is going to last forever!

What is a hyperbole?

200

William Shakespeare's most popular form of poetry. He wrote over 100 of these to a lover.

What is a sonnet?

200

A sales man convinces you to purchase a car because he has 20+ years of experience.

What is ethos?

200

A subdivision of an act in a drama.

What is a scene?

200

These are the three major genres of literature.

What are poetry, prose, and drama?

300

The winds screamed through the cracks in the window.

What is personification?

300

This type of poetry has not set form, meter or rhyme scheme.

What is a free verse poem?

300

Buy my old car or this cute little kitten, afflicted with a rare degenerative disease, will expire in agony, for my car is the last asset I have in the world, and I am selling it to pay for kitty’s medical treatment.

What is pathos?

300

An instruction written by the playwright that may describe the set, a sound effect, the lighting , or the appearance or actions of a character.

What is stage directions?

300

The coolness of the night

Refreshes my skin

The stars shine so bright,

Causing me to grin

What is rhyme scheme (ABAB)?

400

Chocolate is my Achilles' Heel.

What is an allusion?

400

A group of line form the recurring metrical unit in poetry.

What is a stanza?

400

Hurry, come on down to Mcdonald's and get yourself a free Big Mac with Big Mac sacks!

What is logos?

400

A conversation between characters.

What is dialogue? 

400

The "C" in R.A.C.E. writing strategy.

What is cite?

500

If you give him an inch, he'll take a yard.

What is a metaphor?

500

A stanza with three lines.

What is a tercet?

500

Ethos, pathos, and logos. 

What is/are rhetoric or rhetorical appeals?

500

The tragic play about two young people who fall victim to the fate of forbidden love. 

What is Romeo and Juliet?

500

There are this many lines in a sonnet.

What is 14 lines?