Spot the Trick
Write it Right
Welcome to 2053!
Read Between the Lines
Look Again!
100
An author describes a forest as “dark, silent, and lifeless.”
What literary technique is being used to help create a particular atmosphere?
Imagery
100
What is a claim in a literary response?
The main point or argument you are making about the text
100
What is Leonard Mead's occupation?
He is a writer
100
A character repeatedly sees a broken mirror throughout a story.
What could the mirror potentially symbolize?
A fractured identity, damaged relationships, insecurity, or a distorted perception of reality, etc.
100
"The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" painting takes place where?
Japan
200
What literary device uses a word that imitates a sound, such as “buzz,” “bang,” or “crash”?
Onomatopoeia
200
Which part of a literary response should take up the majority of your response?
The explanation/interpretation of the evidence
200
At the end of the story, where is Leonard taken, and what is significant about this destination?
He is taken to the Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies. The irony is that Leonard is treated as though he is abnormal because he behaves in a more human way than the rest of society.
200
The feeling a reader experiences because of the author's choice of words, setting, or imagery.
Mood
200
What do they waves symbolize in the painting, The Great Waves Off Kanagawa?
fear; fear of foreign invasion
300
What literary device involves giving an object, colour, animal, or place a deeper meaning beyond its literal meaning?
Symbolism
300
What is the difference between evidence and explanation?
Evidence shows what the text says; explanation interprets what that evidence means and how it supports your claim.
300
What does Leonard's walking symbolize?
Freedom, individuality, independence, and connection with the world outside.
300
A character says, “I'm fine,” while crying and visibly shaking.
What literary device or technique creates the contrast between what the character says and what the reader sees?
Irony, specifically a contrast between the character's words and the reality of the situation.
300
What do the clocks in The Persistence of Memory symbolize?
Time; time is dreamlike; fluidity; memory can change our experience of time,
400
Identify the figurative language:
“The moon was a silver coin in the sky.
Metaphor
400
A student spends one sentence explaining their evidence but five sentences introducing their quotation. What should they change?
They should expand their explanation/interpretation.
400
What does the television-filled society symbolize?
Conformity, passive entertainment, isolation, and dependence on technology.
400
A character repeatedly encounters birds trapped inside cages. Near the end, the character finally opens a cage and lets one fly away.
What literary device is the cage?
Symbolism representing confinement, lack of freedom, or oppression. The released bird can symbolize freedom or change.
400
Which type of conflict is represented in "The Wanderer Above A Sea of Fog"?
Man vs self; man vs nature
500
Read the sentence:
“The words hit him like a thousand stones.”
What figurative language is being used, and what does the comparison communicate about the character's experience?
Simile. The words are compared to stones to suggest that they are extremely painful, hurtful
500
If you wanted to argue that Bradbury uses the setting to criticize society, which would be the most useful evidence?
A: Leonard's name.
B: The description of the street as “silent and long and empty.”
C: The fact that Leonard is a writer.
D: The fact that it is nighttime.
B. It directly supports an argument about the lifelessness and lack of human activity in the society.
500
The police car is described almost like a living creature. Why might Bradbury portray the machine this way?
It makes the technology seem powerful and threatening. It also blurs the distinction between human authority and technological control.
500
A character walks into a room and notices that all the clocks have stopped.
Question: Besides literally showing the time, what might the stopped clocks symbolize?
Time being frozen, being trapped in the past, or a significant moment of change.
500
Who painted The Persistence of Memory?
Salvador Dali