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Whip- Literary Devices!
Whip- Literary Devices!
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A quick and easy review of literary elements
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"This House is a prison!" exclaimed Will Ferrell. What device was he using to make his point?
hyperbole
Metaphor
He was just being dramatic
simile
2
Figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or something that happened.
Reference
Allusion
Spider monkey
idiom
3
"BettyBotter bought some butter,but, she said, the butter’s bitter" Is an example of what?
1. Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
1. Onomatopoeia:
4
What is it called when you give human qualities to an object or animal ?
irony
personification
imagery
simile
5
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees.
Identify the device used
simile
idiom
hyperbole
metaphor
6
The image is an example of what device?
idiom
hyperbole
a sad boy
drama
7
She walked along the bright, green,dewy grass and smelled the fragrant roses...is what device?
imagery
imagination
spring
idiom
8
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers is an example of..
alliteration
idiom
hyperbole
personfication
9
I am as hungry as a wolf is an example of which device?
metaphor
silly saying
Indian saying
idiom
10
“Iwas surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio’s.” This is an example of..
imagery
lying
imagination
allusion
11
"Her eyes sparkled like the stars" is an example of what device?
hyperbole
simile
idiom
metaphor
12
An exaggeration could also be called a what?
hyperbole
funny
joke
metaphor
13
Buzzzzz............Creak! Crack ! Squeak! OWWWWWW! are examples of....
Onomatopoeia
simile
Funny sounds
metaphors
14
"Snap ! Crackle! Pop! from the infamous Rice Krispies commercials is an example of ..
great humor in a commercial
onomatopoeia
personification
simile
15
My car’s headlights
winked
at me. This a great example of what device?
idiom
Personification
allusion
oxymoron
16
The door protested as it opened slowly. This is a great example of ,,,
Creeeeak!
onomatopoeia
personification
an angry door
17
Whe Will Ferrell says, "Whoop, there it is! What type of figurative language is he using?
metaphor
A simile
onomatopoeia
idiom
18
Tony talks too much in Mrs. Loyd's Reading class is an example of...
figurative language
alliteration
simile
Onomatopoeia
19
“
Creeeak!
Mona’s knee wasbeginning to give out. She had been posing for this artist for hours!”
allusion
simile
personification
onomatopoeia
20
When she lost her job she acted like Scrooge,and refused to buy anything that wasn’t necessary
allusion
she is cheap and miserly
Metaphor
from a novel
21
Those rapping Hamsters that drive the Kia Soul is an example of what device?
hyperbole
Why drive a Soul when you can drive a Jeep
pure insanity
personification
22
Lightning danced across the sky & The wind howled in the night. = What device?
imagery
simile
Personification
great writing
23
I use like or as to compare two different things so I must be a ......
simile
imagery
metaphor
literary device
24
Your teeth are like starsThey come out at nightThey come back at dawnWhen they’re ready to bite
metaphor
simile
children's poem
Mother Goose
25
“Her
smile
was a twisted
serpent
.” This is a great ............
allusion
metaphor
personification
imagery
26
"Freddie is a pig when he eats," is an example of a ....
someone eating too much
someone being rude
metaphor
slander
27
Allixus is such a "Mother Teresa" she is always helping others. Example of ....
reference
Alixxus attitude
allusion
nun
28
“Her dark, straight
hair
was
as
heavy
as
a
wool blanket
in theafternoon heat.”is an example of
of personification
onomatopoeia
simile
imagery
29
In Transformers the vehicles are able to talk and express feelings just like people. This is ..
allusion
simile
oxymoron
personification