Literary Devices
Dominic
Examples of ______
Types of Writing
Poetry
100
What is a comparison that uses like or as?
simile
100
How old is Dominic?
23
100
Little Red Riding Hood is an example of ______
Short Story Writing/Narrative Writing
100
What type of writing is a personal story?
Narrative
100
What is a syllable
a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word
200
What is Personification?
Personification is a poetic device where animals, plants or even inanimate objects, are given human qualities – resulting in a poem full of imagery and description.
200
What University did Dominic graduate from?
UBC (bonus points if you can guess what my Major was)
200
Refreshing and cool
love is a sweet summer rain
that washes the world
Haiku
200
What type of writing involves a How-to-do list?
Expository
200
How many total syllables are in a haiku?
5+7+5 = 17
300
Name all 5 senses
sight
smell
taste
touch
hear
300
What is my last name?
Ponce
300
a news article is an example of
expository writing
300
Give one example of a type of hook
Statistic/Fact hook
Quotation hook
Question hook
Statement hook
300
What is a rhyme scheme? Provide an example.
Rhyme scheme is the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
ABAB
AABB
400
What is a synonym of the word interesting?
400
What's the first thing I ask you before we start our class?
Question of the day
400
Pens are better than pencils
Persuasive writing
400
What type of writing tries to convince people on an idea being true?
Persuasive
400
What is a short, five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme and a bouncy rhythm?
Limerick
500
What is an antonym of the word interesting?
500
How many years have I been teaching Writer's Workshop?
3 years
500
In the show Spongebob Squarepants, Plankton is an example of a ____ (type of character)
Antagonist
500
At what point does a story reach its highest intensity?
Climax
500
Perform a Haiku right now
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllabes
I'll judge if you performed a haiku correctly