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Literary Devices

Literature analysis · Medium · 15 min

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This board helps players review English · Literature through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Figurative Language, Story Elements, Poetry, Irony & Tone, Symbols & Themes. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Figurative Language

    Comparison using 'like' or 'as'.

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    Simile

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  • Story Elements

    Person/place where a story happens.

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    Setting

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  • Poetry

    A 14-line poem with a set rhyme scheme.

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    Sonnet

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  • Irony & Tone

    When the reader knows what the character doesn't.

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    Dramatic irony

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  • Symbols & Themes

    A dove often symbolizes this.

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    Peace

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Figurative Language

$100 — Comparison using 'like' or 'as'.
Simile
$200 — Direct comparison without 'like' or 'as'.
Metaphor
$300 — Giving human traits to non-human things.
Personification
$400 — Extreme exaggeration for effect.
Hyperbole
$500 — Repeated initial consonant sounds.
Alliteration

Story Elements

$100 — Person/place where a story happens.
Setting
$200 — Central message of a story.
Theme
$300 — The main character.
Protagonist
$400 — The character who opposes the protagonist.
Antagonist
$500 — The high point of the story.
Climax

Poetry

$100 — A 14-line poem with a set rhyme scheme.
Sonnet
$200 — Japanese 3-line poem with 5/7/5 syllables.
Haiku
$300 — Poetry without rhyme or meter.
Free verse
$400 — A unit of meter: unstressed-stressed (e.g., 'a-bout').
Iamb
$500 — Repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.
Assonance

Irony & Tone

$100 — When the reader knows what the character doesn't.
Dramatic irony
$200 — Saying the opposite of what you mean.
Verbal irony (or sarcasm)
$300 — The unexpected opposite of what is expected.
Situational irony
$400 — The author's attitude toward the subject.
Tone
$500 — The feeling the reader gets from a piece.
Mood

Symbols & Themes

$100 — A dove often symbolizes this.
Peace
$200 — Light/dark often symbolize this contrast.
Good vs. evil
$300 — A green light symbolizes hope in this novel.
The Great Gatsby
$400 — Hint at future events in a story.
Foreshadowing
$500 — A recurring symbol or idea in a text.
Motif

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