Academic Super Bowl Language Arts 2016 Junior Division

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political message

• Lyric
• conflict
• allegory
• anecdote

A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

• synecdoche
• juxtaposition
• metaphor
• analogy

A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

• anecdote
• litotes
• ballad
• epiphany

A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life

• allegory
• aphorism
• analogy
• approximate rhyme

A rhyme in which the final sounds of words are similar but not identical

• symbol
• epitaph
• approximate rhyme
• consonance

A narrative poem written in four-line stanzas, characterized by a swift action and narrated in a direct style

• euphemism
• dialect
• metaphor
• ballad

A struggle between opposing forces. Man vs Man, Man vs Society, Man vs himself, Man vs nature

• conflict
• epoch
• legend
• narration

A rhetorical mode based in five senses. It aims to re-create, invent, or present something so that the reader can experience it

• description
• narration
• epoch
• refrain

A moment of revelation or insight

• parallelism
• epoch
• epiphany
• anaphora

A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society

• conflict
• imagery
• epoch
• onomatopoeia