Review key figurative language and poetic devices for middle school ELA. Built for Grades 6-9. 25 ready-to-play clues, no prep needed. This is a Grades 6–9 English / ELA review game in a Jeopardy-style format: a teacher puts the board on one screen, teams pick clues by point value, and the class answers out loud — no student devices or accounts needed. Categories: Comparisons, Sound Devices, Rhyme & Meter, Imagery & Meaning, Figures of Speech.
- Grades 6–9 English / ELA review
- Whole-class review on one shared screen
- Test or quiz prep
- Team-vs-team practice in class
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.
Which device uses "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things?
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Simile
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What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words?
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Alliteration
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What do we call the pattern of end rhymes labeled with letters?
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Rhyme scheme
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What is language that appeals to the five senses called?
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Imagery
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What is giving human qualities to nonhuman things called?
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Personification
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Board content
Comparisons
- $100 — Which device uses "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things?
- Simile
- $200 — Which device makes a direct comparison without "like" or "as"?
- Metaphor
- $300 — Name the device: "The classroom was a zoo."
- Metaphor
- $400 — What do we call a comparison that continues through several lines?
- Extended metaphor
- $500 — What term names a comparison that shows relationships, often in pairs?
- Analogy
Sound Devices
- $100 — What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words?
- Alliteration
- $200 — What do we call words that imitate natural sounds, like buzz or clang?
- Onomatopoeia
- $300 — What is the repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words?
- Assonance
- $400 — What is the repetition of consonant sounds within or at word ends?
- Consonance
- $500 — What is rhyme that occurs within a single line of poetry?
- Internal rhyme
Rhyme & Meter
- $100 — What do we call the pattern of end rhymes labeled with letters?
- Rhyme scheme
- $200 — What is a pair of successive rhyming lines with the same meter?
- Couplet
- $300 — What is a stanza of four lines called?
- Quatrain
- $400 — What metrical foot is unstressed followed by stressed?
- Iamb
- $500 — What do we call a line with five iambs?
- Iambic pentameter
Imagery & Meaning
- $100 — What is language that appeals to the five senses called?
- Imagery
- $200 — What is the feeling or atmosphere a reader gets from a text?
- Mood
- $300 — What is the author’s attitude toward the subject called?
- Tone
- $400 — What is an object or action that stands for a deeper idea?
- Symbol
- $500 — What is the central message or life lesson of a work?
- Theme
Figures of Speech
- $100 — What is giving human qualities to nonhuman things called?
- Personification
- $200 — What is an extreme exaggeration used for effect?
- Hyperbole
- $300 — What is a common phrase whose meaning differs from its words?
- Idiom
- $400 — What device pairs contradictory terms, like "jumbo shrimp"?
- Oxymoron
- $500 — What is a brief reference to a well-known person, place, or work?
- Allusion
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