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.
- Classroom review
- Test prep
- Team trivia
- Group play
- Family game night
A peek at what's on the board — 5 categories and one sample clue from each. Answers stay hidden until you open them, so the game still works.
Comparison using 'like' or 'as'.
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Simile
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Person/place where a story happens.
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Setting
+4 more clues in this category
A 14-line poem with a set rhyme scheme.
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Sonnet
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When the reader knows what the character doesn't.
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Dramatic irony
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A dove often symbolizes this.
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Peace
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Board content
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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