Literary Devices
Common Errors in Writing
Animal Farm
100
Is a comparison in which the writer expresses the idea that one thing is like another.
What is simile
100
I have seen the movie, I havent read the book
What is comma splice.
100
Iconvince the animals that their memries are inacurrate whenever the pigs are caught violating a commandment.
What is squealer
200
A quality in a peice of writing that makes the reader feel excitment or uncertainty about what may happen.
What is suspense
200
Its sunny for now. But rain is expected later tonight.
What is sentence fragment
200
What bread of animal protest Napoleons decision to engage to trade, resulting in a punishment .
What is hens
300
The use of specific objects or images to represent abstract ideas.
What is symbolism
300
Carmen didnt like the beach in the summer she thought it was too rowded.
What is run-on sentence
300
During the battle of the windmill, how do frederick and his men manage to destroy the windmill
What is blasting powder
400
Words with names that mimic the sounds they are describing.
What is onomatopoeia
400
For years belived that our cat had died, but it turns out she had just ran away.
What is ok
400
Where does napoleon claim that snowball hides during the day
What is foxwood and pinchfield farms
500
A creative form wherein flaws or short comins are poked fun at or exaggerated in order to draw attention in order to draw attention to them and inspire change
What is Satire
500
After everyone finishes dinner we sat in the living room for dessert and coffee.
What is tense inconsistency.