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Figurative Language Review

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This board helps players review English / ELA · Literary skill through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Comparisons, Sound Devices, Meaning Devices, Poetry Tools, Challenge. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Comparisons

    What comparison uses like or as?

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    Simile

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  • Sound Devices

    What is repetition of beginning consonant sounds called?

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    Alliteration

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  • Meaning Devices

    What gives human traits to nonhuman things?

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    Personification

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  • Poetry Tools

    What is a group of lines in a poem called?

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    Stanza

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  • Challenge

    What is the contrast between what is expected and what happens?

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    Irony

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Comparisons

$100 — What comparison uses like or as?
Simile
$200 — What comparison says one thing is another?
Metaphor
$300 — What figure of speech calls time a thief?
Metaphor
$400 — What type of comparison is 'quiet as a mouse'?
Simile
$500 — What extended comparison continues across several lines or a whole text?
Extended metaphor

Sound Devices

$100 — What is repetition of beginning consonant sounds called?
Alliteration
$200 — What is repetition of vowel sounds called?
Assonance
$300 — What is repetition of consonant sounds inside or at the end of words called?
Consonance
$400 — What word imitates a sound, like buzz?
Onomatopoeia
$500 — What sound device appears in 'wild winds whispered'?
Alliteration

Meaning Devices

$100 — What gives human traits to nonhuman things?
Personification
$200 — What is an extreme exaggeration called?
Hyperbole
$300 — What phrase means something different from its literal words?
Idiom
$400 — What is a mild phrase used instead of a harsh one?
Euphemism
$500 — What device uses a part to represent the whole, like wheels for car?
Synecdoche

Poetry Tools

$100 — What is a group of lines in a poem called?
Stanza
$200 — What is a poem's pattern of end rhymes called?
Rhyme scheme
$300 — What is the beat or flow of a poem called?
Rhythm
$400 — What is a repeated line or phrase in a poem called?
Refrain
$500 — What is a 14-line poem often using iambic pentameter called?
Sonnet

Challenge

$100 — What is the contrast between what is expected and what happens?
Irony
$200 — What kind of irony is when the audience knows what a character does not?
Dramatic irony
$300 — What is an object or image that stands for a larger idea?
Symbol
$400 — What is a reference to another text, event, or person?
Allusion
$500 — What is a statement that seems contradictory but reveals truth?
Paradox

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