Literary Terms Bingo
A Review Intended for grades 9-12
By Jessica Tomkiel
Question Board
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These are examples of what type of figurative language?
Boom!
Beep!
Onomatopia
2
Which of these is an example of Alliteration?
A B
I stopped to smell the She walked along the
sweet sapphire flowers shore at midnight
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3
This figure of speech contains “like” or “as”
Simile
As wise as an owl
4
The comparison of two UNLIKE things is the definition of a..
Metaphor
A horse is a car driving with it’s
emergency brake on
5
The following are examples of…
•Same Difference
•Alone Together
•Tragic Comedy
Oxymoron
6
The emotional attitude an author takes in
their writing/subject is known as the….
Mood
7
Writing that evokes all of the 5 senses
(see, smell, taste, touch, hear) uses….
Imagery
8
is a literary tone that is used to ridicule,
criticize or make fun of a subject or particular topic in
literary, graphic and performing arts form
Satire
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Giving human qualities to animals or objects
is a literary device known as…
Personification
I am silver and exact.
I have no preconceptions.
Whatever I see I swallow immediately
Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike.
I am not cruel, only truthful
—Sylvia Plath “Mirror”
10
“Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble”
This quote is from what piece of Elizabethan literature?
(Title)
Macbeth
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11
The main character or “hero” in a piece of
literature is known as the….
Protagonist
Who are protagonists you
have read about?
12
T.S Eliot wrote which of the following poems
using figurative language?
A B
I Did Not Stop for Death The Love Song of
Alfred J. Prufrock
13
poetry refrains from using any
rhyming, meter or musical patterns
Free Verse
14
A summary of information from a book,
document, video or other form of
information is referred to as….
Annotation
15
A rhetorical device meaning “strong” or
“exaggerated”
-used to express intensity
Example: These books weigh a ton
Hyperbole
16
To Kill a Mockingbird was written by…
Harper Lee William Golding
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Team 1
Hyperbole Alliteration A Harper
Lee
Onomatopoeia
Annotation Oxymoron Free Verse
B Simile Macbeth Metaphor
Personification Protagonist Mood
Imagery
Team 2
Hyperbole Alliteration A Annotation
Personification Imagery Free Verse Simile
Mood Macbeth Protagonist Harper
Lee
Onomatopoeia B Oxymoron Metaphor