JeopardyFigurative Language Lit Terms Sound Devices Nonfiction Potpourri

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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from H1

Language that appeals to the senses; allows the reader to experience what the authoris describing

$100 Answer from H1

Imagery

$200 Question from H1

Something that stands for something else

$200 Answer from H1

Symbol

$300 Question from H1

A figure of speech giving humancharacteristics to an animal, thing,idea, or other inanimate object

$300 Answer from H1

Personification

$400 Question from H1

An implied comparison betweentwo unrelated things

$400 Answer from H1

Metaphor

$500 Question from H1

An extravagant or excessiveexaggeration

$500 Answer from H1

Hyperbole

$100 Question from H2

Introduces characters, establishthe setting, and reveal the problem or conflict

$100 Answer from H2

Exposition

$200 Question from H2

Peak or turning point of the action

$200 Answer from H2

Climax

$300 Question from H2

Internal and/or external problem in storyExamples:Man vs. manMan vs. natureMan vs. himself

$300 Answer from H2

Conflict

$400 Question from H2

The feeling or emotion created by the words and setting in the story

$400 Answer from H2

Mood

A situation in which the audience knows something about present or future circumstances that the character does not know

$500 Answer from H2

Dramatic Irony

$100 Question from H3

Repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words;“Maggie, milly, molly and may”

$100 Answer from H3

Alliteration

$200 Question from H3

Words imitates the sounds associated with it

$200 Answer from H3

Onomatopoeia

$300 Question from H3

Repetition of final or middle consonant sounds in neighboring Words; “cat / without”

$300 Answer from H3

Consonance

$400 Question from H3

Repetition of vowel sounds in neighboring words with differentfinal consonant sounds; “move; stool”

$400 Answer from H3

Assonance

$500 Question from H3

A regular pattern of rhyming wordsin a poem indicated by using the different letters of the alphabet

$500 Answer from H3

Rhyme Scheme

$100 Question from H4

Form of nonfiction in which a writer tells his or her own life story

$100 Answer from H4

Autobiography

$200 Question from H4

Essay or writing that tries to convincereaders to do something or to acceptthe writer’s point of view

$200 Answer from H4

Persuasive

$300 Question from H4

Essay or writing that gives information, discusses ideas, or explains a process

$300 Answer from H4

Expository Writing

$400 Question from H4

The dictionary meaning of a word

$400 Answer from H4

Denotation

$500 Question from H4

The set of ideas associated witha word in addition to its dictionarymeaning

$500 Answer from H4

Connotation

$100 Question from H5

The act of creating and developing a character; indirect and direct

$100 Answer from H5

Characterization

$200 Question from H5

The perspective from which the story is told

$200 Answer from H5

Point of View

$300 Question from H5

The central idea of a text; universalstatement about life and/or societythat can be discerned from the reading of a text

$300 Answer from H5

Theme

$400 Question from H5

The word choices a writer makes including the vocabulary used,the appropriateness of the words, and the vividness of the language

$400 Answer from H5

Diction

$500 Question from H5

A reference to a well-knownperson, place, event, literary work or work of art

$500 Answer from H5

Allusion

Final Jeopardy

A dramatic monologue where a characterreveals his or her inner feelings; a way for the audience to overhear the character’s thoughts

Final Jeopardy Answer

Soliloquy