Literary Terms Jeopardy

Literary Terms Jeopardy English 8 Mrs. Hull 2009

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Literary Terms Jeopardy Word Plays Think About It Literary Techniques More Lit Big Words Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Big Words The use of words to imitate natural sounds such as buzz or pop.

$100 Answer from Big Words What is onomatopoeia?

$200 Question from Big Words The repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence.

$200 Answer from Big Words What is alliteration?

$300 Question from Big Words A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing is talked about as if it were human.

$300 Answer from Big Words What is personification?

$400 Question from Big Words Deliberate and extreme exaggeration made by the author of a story.

$400 Answer from Big Words What is hyperbole?

$500 Question from Big Words A guess based on clues from the text of a story or movie.

$500 Answer from Big Words What is inferencing?

$100 Question from Lit. Techniques A person, place, thing or event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well.

$100 Answer fromLit Techniques What is a symbol?

$200 Question from Lit. Techniques What a character is like; what s/he does to show his/her personality

$200 Answer from Fig. Speaking What is characterization?

$300 Question from Lit. Techniques Story leads the reader to expect one thing, but the opposite happens.

$300 Answer from Lit. Techniques What is Irony?

$400 Question from Lit. Techniques Language that appeals to the senses: sight, taste, sound, touch and smell.

$400 Answer from Fig. Speaking What is imagery ?

$500 Question from Lit. Techniques Use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot, used to build suspense or anxiety in the reader or viewer.

$500 Answer from Lit. Techniques What is foreshadowing?

$100 Question from Word Plays Vantage point of any story.

$100 Answer from Word Plays What is point of view?

$200 Question from Word Plays Narrator is a character in the story, often recognized by the use of the pronouns “I” or “my”

$200 Answer from Word Plays What is 1st person Point of View?

$300 Question from Word Plays A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, resembles, or than.

$300 Answer from Word Plays What is a simile?

$400 Question from Word Plays The narrator is not a character in the story, but knows the thoughts and feelings of all

$400 Answer from Word Plays What is a 3rd person Omniscient POV?

$500 Question from Word Plays Events are told in the order in which they actually happened

$500 Answer from Word Plays What is chronological order?

$100 Question from Think About It Main character in a story; story revolves around this character.

$100 Answer from Think About It Who is the protagonist?

$200 Question from Think About It The attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character.

$200 Answer from Think About It What is tone?

$300 Question from Think About It The character who works AGAINST the main character.

$300 Answer from Think About It Who is the antagonist ?

$400 Question from Think About It This narrator is not a character in the story, but knows only the perspective of one character in the story.

$400 Answer from Think About It What is a 3rd person Limited POV?

$500 Question from Think About It The big moment; the explosion or gunshot or phone call or car wreck that finally ends a conflict.

$500 Answer from Think About It What is climax?

$100 Question from More Lit Detailed descriptions of the moments just before the climax, puts it off; audience waits and wonders “What’ll happen?”

$100 Answer from More Lit What is suspense?

$200 Question from More Lit “Lesson” about life which the author or director hopes we will learn.

$200 Answer from More Lit What is theme?

$300 Question from More Lit Feeling, emotion which the story generates in the reader or audience

$300 Answer from More Lit What is mood?

Literary Terms Jeopardy