literary technique
rhetoric question
our novel
100

Holden says his hands were so cold he could hardly feel them, and he details the look of the "mucky" snow on the road. What is this technique?

what is imagery

100

Holden establishes his reputation as an outsider and a rebel right away admitting he was expelled from this boarding school for failing four subjects.

what is pencey prep

100

Holden history teacher

who is Mr.Spencer

200

Holden describes  Pencey Prep as a place that "molds" young men. What is this literary technique?

what is metaphor

200

Holden writes a descriptive composition about a baseball glove covered in poems that belonged to this deceased younger brother.

who is Allie

200

The girl Stradlater goes out with.

who is Jane Gallagher

300

Holden describes Stradlater’s razor as being "as rusty as a Corvette"What is this literary technique?

what is 

simile

300

Mr. Spencer reads aloud Holden's brief u exam essay about what ancient civilization?

what is Ancient Egypt

300

Holden's handsome self-absorbed roommate

who is Stradlater

400

Holden describes the cold wind as if it were intentionally attacking him. What is this literary technique?

what is personification?

400

Holden constantly repeats this five-letter word throughout the first five chapters to describe his school, his classmates, and society.

what is phony

400

Holden's younger sister 

who is Pheobe

500

Holden constantly complains about everyone else being a "phony" and a liar, yet he openly admits, "I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life." What is this technique?

what is irony

500

Ackley never does this basic hygiene task.

what is brush his teeth

500

the Student whose mother Holden starts a conversation with 

who is Earnest Morrow

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