Which literary device is used below?

"If I have told you once, I have told you a thousand times!"

What is foreshadowing?

One effect or purpose of foreshadowing is to...

Make an inference: what is the paragraph foreshadowing?

"Peter I don't think we should jump out of a plane like this."

"Allison relax I'm the King and you're my general. What could go wrong?"

Read the passage. Select Yes if you can find evidence of foreshadowing in the passage.

"Gee, as crowded as the park is, we're the only ones going into the funhouse," Gina said. "How strange."

What is the foreshadow in this passage?

It was only 5:00AM, so everyone else in the house was still asleep. As they crept through the kitchen to the back door, Mary sniffed the air. It had the faint scent of coffee and something sweet. She shrugged it off and followed Justin out the door, down the back steps,and out onto the boat dock. The fog had settled over the lake, making it impossible to see anything.

A state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen is...

When the reader knows something that some/all of the characters don't, this is called

This is when a speaker says one thing but means the complete opposite

This is when there is a contrast between readers' logical expectations and what actually happens.

What kind of figurative language is this:

The train screamed down the tracks.

What kind of figurative language is this:

The sunflowers begged for water

What kind of figurative language is this:

The night was a thick blanket around me

What kind of figurative language is this:

"Time is money!"

What kind of figurative language is this:

My shoes smell like garbage.

What type of irony is this?

A mother comes into the TV room and discovers her 11-year-old watching television instead of doing his homework. Pointing to the screen she says, “I see you are busy, kiddo, but when you're finished with your serious studies there, maybe we could take some time out for recreation and do a little math.”

What type of irony is this?

A couple appears in court to finalize a divorce, but during the proceeding, they reconcile and decide to remarry instead.

What type of irony is this?

Romeo and Juliet are secretly married, but Juliet's parents insist that she should marry Paris. Juliet tries to fake her death in order to run off with Romeo, but, being a typical teenager, neglects to tell Romeo about her plan. She becomes unconscious after drinking a sleeping potion given to her by the apothecary. When Romeo discovers Juliet, he thinks that she is dead, not knowing that she is merely unconscious. He consumes poison and kills himself.

What is a symbol?

A dog does NOT symbolize...

True or False: Symbols can only have one meaning.

What might a "storm" symbolize?

The protagonist of a story is bored at school. She looks out the window and longingly watches a bird fly through the sky. What does the bird most likely symbolize?

After a big fight with her parents, Mirah decided to run away from home. She put some essentials in her backpack and then ran and ran, until she was so far from town that she found herself in the desert. As she stopped to rest and sip from her water bottle, Mirah realized she had forgotten to say goodbye to her two best friends and her pet puppy. All the way out here, she wouldn't be able to rant to anyone about her annoying family. Mirah sat down and noticed the sand dunes extending far into the horizon in every direction. She sighed, curled up into a ball, and cried.

What does the desert symbolize in this story?

On their wedding day, the groom gave his bride a bouquet of red roses. What do the red roses symbolize?