Make the Sound
The ____________ of the word "home" is a place where people feel safe, secure, and loved. The _________ of the same word is where a person resides
connotation, denotation
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" and "Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore" are both examples of what specific repeating literary term
Alliteration
My roommate said, "you sure are a handyman" after he saw me drill a screw into my wall for my TV mount at a 45-degree angle (when it was supposed to be straight) is an example of what type of irony
Verbal irony
This might or might not be _________, but we've seen the Mariners blow playoff opportunities for about a million years now
Hyperbole
A sunrise glowing over snow-capped mountains creates a positive and hopeful _____ for the remainder of the story
BONUS 200: What is the highest point (tallest mountain) in the USA?
Mood
The Rice Krispies characters, "Snap", "Crackle", and "Pop" are examples of what literary device
Onomatopoeia
I came, I saw, I conquered uses two specific literary terms. What could those be?
BONUS 400: Which Shakespeare character says this line?
Asyndeton, anaphora
The big, muscular individual who loses in a fight to the scrawny, smaller opponent is an example of what type of irony?
BONUS 100: Name the famous story where the undersized opponent knocks out the big beast with a slingshot?
situational irony
Make a general argument for whether LeBron or Jordan is the greatest of all time (GOAT) solely through the use of LOGOS
Points per game, championships won, merchandise sold, etc.
Once upon a time and happily ever after are ______ beginning and endings to many stories
Cliche
After I saw my leg pop out of my skin and my ankle turned 90 degrees the wrong way, I told the paramedic that my leg hurt "a little bit"...this would be an example of an
BONUS 500: When a broken fibula and dislocated ankle occur, a person will usually tear the ___________ membrane in their leg
understatement
Martin Luther King Jr.'s use of the phrase "I have a dream" at the start of multiple lines within his speech is the use of ________
Anaphora
The jumbo shrimp cocktail I ordered from Costco made my stomach a tiny bit queasy...
My food item is an example of an...
Oxymoron
If we were to _________ the payroll spent between the Dodgers (the highest spending team in MLB) and the Marlins (the lowest spending team in MLB), we would notice a large discrepancy between the success both teams have.
BONUS 300: How much deferred money have the Dodgers set aside for free agents over the past two years?
Juxtapose
The movie, "Forrest Gump" starts with Forrest telling the events of his life on a park bench. Essentially, he is telling a "story within a story" -- this technique is what we call a...
BONUS 200: What number did Forrest Gump wear when he was the running back for the University of Alabama?
Framing device
In Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18", he uses ______ to provide these eloquent lines: "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee."
BONUS 200: What is the first line of Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18"
Euphony
The passage, "it was dark and there was water standing in the street and no lights and windows broke and boats all up in the town and trees blown down and everything all blown and I got a skiff and went out and found my boat" uses what specific literary term?
Polysyndeton
In Romeo and Juliet, the audience knows Juliet isn’t really dead, but Romeo doesn’t. This is an example of
Dramatic irony
In Lil Wayne's song "Fireman", he raps the following:
"They ball when they can and I'm ballin' by nature / Addicted to the game like Jordan and Payton"
- What three literary devices is Weezy using?
- BONUS 100 -- name the two players he is referencing in this lyric
Allusion, simile, colloquialism
In The Lord of the Rings, eagles suddenly arrive to save Frodo. This is an example of _____________
BONUS 200: The book Lord of the Flies is an _______ on the human condition
Deus ex machina
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!" is an example of what sound technique
Cacophony
"If you want something to come back to you, you must let it go first"
This is an example of a...
Paradox
The use of one of the words within the category title is an example of a
BONUS 100: What is the full word of the contraction, "ain't"?
colloquial language (colloquialism would also work for an answer)
The video I showed last week of the Chicago Bears player, Tyrique Stevenson, celebrating before the end of the game, only to have the Washington Commanders come back and win on the last play. The downfall of Tyrique Stevenson was a perfect example of _______, through arrogance
Hubris
Romeo and Juliet
Motif