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“the tornado danced across the field” is an example of this type of language.
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“his lips were like roses, his nose like a cherry” is an example of this type of language.
What is a simile? $200
“Sally sells sea shells by the seashore” is an example of this type of language.
What is alliteration? $300
The Franks being captured by the Nazis just as the war was ending exhibits this literary element.
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Referring to Stonewall Jackson in To Kill a Mockingbird is an example of this literary element.
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The repetition of sound creates this poetic element.
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Poetry with no regular pattern of rhyme or rhythm is referred to by this term.
$200 What is “free verse”?
Paul Revere’s Ride is an example of this type of poetry.
What is narrative poetry? $300
One person may express hisfeelings in this type of short poem.
What is a lyric poem? $400
Shakespeare used iambic pentameter to write these prose.
$500 What are sonnets?
Zeus might be the main character in this type of folklore.
$100 What is a myth?
Aesop’s fables had this clear purpose in mind.
$200 What is to teach a moral lesson?
“Knowledge of ordinary people” is the goal of this genre.
$300 What is folklore?
Exaggerated characters and heroic acts are features of this type of story.
$400 What are tall tales?
This supernatural figure offered an olive tree to the Greek people.
$??? Who is Athena?
The main character may be referred to by this term in a story.
$100 What is the protagonist?
Conversation between two characters in a play may be defined by this term.
$200 What is dialogue?
The main message in a story.
$300 What is the theme?
Characters and setting are introduced in this part of a story.
$400 What is the exposition?
A story of two men competing in a race is an example of what type of conflict?
$500 What is man vs man?
When an author writes a book about himself it is referred to by this term.
$100 What is an autobiography?
A person, place or thing that means one thing, but suggests another.
$200 What is a symbol?
The high point of the plot.
$300 What is the climax?
An all knowing outsider who knows the thoughts of all the characters tells the story.
$400 Who is an omniscient narrator?
This technique allows the author to plant clues towards events that will occur later in the story.
$500 What is foreshadowing?
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Calling oneself the “greatest student in Caruso history” would be a good example of this.
What is hyperbole?