This is a whole-class review game. The material covers figurative language, style, and tone and is loosely based on the game show "Wheel of Fortune."

1. Whole Class Review Activity Wheel of Fortune

3. D R A F T I N G This occurs “when you put your ideas into sentences and paragraphs.”

4. S This is when the order of a work of literature is “arranged by increments of time.” E Q U E N T I A L O R D E R

5. A L L I T E R A T I O N This is “the repetition of initial consonant sounds used to emphasize certain words.”

6. E D I T I N G This is “checking literature for such things as grammar, mechanics, and spelling.”

7. A U D I E N C E This is “the people who read or hear a message.”

8. S This is when the order of a piece of literature is “arranged by place – right to left, front to back, etc.” P A T I A L O R D E R

9. R E V I S I N G This is when you “refine your prose, making each sentence as concise and accurate as possible – make connections between ideas explicit and clear.”

10. C H A R A C T E This is “the combination of qualities or features that distinguishes one person, group, or thing from another.” R

11. A S S O N A N C This is “the repetition of a vowel sound within words, sometimes used to reinforce the meaning of words or create moods.” E

12. S This is “the use of any of a variety of techniques to give an auxiliary (secondary) meaning, idea, or feeling to the literal or written.” T Y L I S T I C D E V I C E

13. H Y P E R B O L This is “a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement that is used for emphasis or humorous effect, is often used in descriptions, and emphasizes some qualities of a person or thing by exaggerating them. E

14. S Y M B O L I S This is “the use of a person, an object, a place, or an idea to represent itself and something beyond itself at the same time.” M

15. P L O T This is “the pattern of events or main story in a narrative or drama.”

16. O This is when the order of a piece of literature is “arranged in order of the importance of the facts.” R D E R O F I M P O R T A N C E

17. O N O M A T O P O E I A This is “the use of words that initiate sounds, or words that sound like what they mean.”

18. P This is “a figure of speech in which a thing, a quality, or an idea is given human attributes, which can be used as a method of describing something that that others can understand or to emphasize a point.” E R S O N I F I C A T I O N

19. P This is “the perspective from which the story is told.” O I N T O F V I E W 10 Point Bonus! – Can you name the four types of point-of-view?

20. W This is when “the specific words that you choose create images, capture a reader’s attention, and make your story more memorable.” O R D C H O I C E

21. S This is “a brief work of fiction.” H O R T S T O R Y

22. C This is “a form of writing that examines the causes and consequences of events and ideas.” A U S E A N D E F F E C T

23. R E P E T I T I O N This is “the act, process, or instance of repeating or being repeated (stylistic device).”

24. C This is “a form of writing that is used to show similarities and differences.” O M P A R E A N D C O N T R A S T

25. O X Y M O R O N This is “a figure of speech that fuses two contradictory or opposing ideas.”

26. M E T A P H O R This is “a figure of speech in which a word or phrase that denotes a certain object or idea is applied to another word or phrase to imply some similarity between them.

27. P A R A D O X This is “a statement that seems contradictory or absurd but is actually valid or true. It can also be a statement that truly is contradictory and yet follows logically from other statements that do not seem open to objection.”

28. F This is “language or speech that contains images which are not intended to be interpreted in a literal sense.” I G U R A T I V E L A N G U A G E

29. A This is “the reason the author is writing the selection.” U T H O R ’ S I N T E N T 10 Point Bonus! – Can you name the four types of author’s intent?

30. M O O D This is “the prevailing atmosphere or feeling.”

31. R H Y M E This is “the repetition of the same or similar sounds in two or more words.” 10 Point Bonus! – Can you name and describe the two types of rhyme?

32. I D I O M This “refers to a construction or expression in one language that cannot be matched or directly translated word-for-word in another language.”

33. G E N R E This is “a category of artistic composition marked by a distinctive style, form, or content.”

34. I R O N Y This is “a literary device which presents a conflict between appearance and reality – may be intentional or unintentional on the part of the character, but always intentional on the part of the author. 10 Point Bonus! – Can you name and describe the three types of irony?

35. T O N E This is “a writer’s attitude toward his or her audience and subject.”

36. I This is a “style that uses what is used in casual conversation – used in writing only when there is a personal or intimate relationship.” N F O R M A L L A N G U A G E

37. F A C T This is “being real or an actually true statement.”

38. S I M I L E This is “a figure of speech that compares two unlike things, using explicit words such as like or as.”

39. T H E S I S This “indicates the purpose of the composition and makes clear what aspects of the topic will be discussed. 10 Point Bonus! – Can you name the word that means the same thing as thesis?

40. S This is a “style that uses what is used in casual conversation – used in writing only when there is a personal or intimate relationship.” E N S O R Y D E T A I L S

41. T H E M E This is “the underlying moral or message of a story. It may be directly stated but in most cases it is implied. It is usually a grand statement about life or people.”

42. R H Y T H M This is “the patterned, recurring alternations of contrasting elements of sound or speech.”

43. O P I N I O N This is “a belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by proof.”

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