Fun with Genocide
Name That Literary Term
Name That Figurative Language
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This Week's Words
100
The word means the act of killing or destroying a large group of people
What is genocide?
100
This word describes where and when the story takes place.
What is setting?
100
"Yo mama's so fat, people jog around her for exercise."
What is hyperbole?
100
A transformation
What is metamorphosis?
100
This word describes someone who pretends to be tougher than he really is.
What is bravado?
200
Elie Wiesel wrote about this genocide in his memoir Night. This word also means "destruction by fire."
What is the Holocaust?
200
This word means "hinting at something that will happen later in the story."
What is foreshadowing?
200
"Humor is the shock absorber of life; it helps us take the blows."
What is metaphor?
200
What is a payment or pay day?
What is remunuration?
200
This condition describes someone who thinks that he/she is the center of the universe.
What is narcissism?
300
This is the name of the event where Japan brutalized hundreds of thousands of Chinese during World War II.
What is the Rape of Nanking?
300
This term means "the main idea."
What is theme?
300
"Look at my car. She is a beauty, isn’t she?"
What is personification?
300
Peaceful
What is placid?
300
Someone with the natural ability to lead has this quality.
What is charisma?
400
The Hutus attacked this tribe of people during the recent genocide in this country.
What is Rawanda?
400
This word refers to anything unexpected.
What is irony?
400
“Hey! Guess who the new Einstein of our school is?”
What is allusion?
400
A difference
What is disparity?
400
This word can be used to describe someone who is a fanatic.
What is a zealot?
500
This Native American tribe was devastated during the Guatemalan Civil War during the 1980's.
Who are the Mayans?
500
This word describes the author's or character's attitude in the story.
What is tone?
500
"Thanksgiving dinner is a place where you can really talk turkey."
What is a pun?
500
A general agreement
What is concensus?
500
Perfectly clean
What is immaculate?
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