Vocab
Lit Device
Vocab
Lit Device
The Hardest Category
100
A. Since Chancellor Sutler killed my family, I have a __________ against him.
vendetta
100
A. "To sing of Wars, of Captains, and of Kings, Of Cities founded, Common-wealths begun, For my mean Pen are too superior things; Or how they all, or each their dates have run, Let Poets and Historians set these forth. My obscure lines shall not so dim their worth." (Bradstreet ln. 1-6).
sarcasm/satire
100
G. After you finish this quiz, you will be filled with ________________ because you wil be on Spring Break!
ecstasy, exuberance, euphoria
100
F. Icabob Crane and Brom Bones
foil characters
100
does ms. hemm like chocolate or vanilla more?
chocolate. always.
200
B. V ________________ Evey to believe she was actually in prison being tortured by Creedy and his men.
manipulated
200
B. “O Captain! My Captain!” (Whitman 1).
apostrophe
200
H. The way the sunlight hits the ocean water is _____________ pleasing. It looks absolutely beautiful.
aesthetically
200
G. The entire poem, “O Captain! My Captain!” which uses the image of a ship throughout is an…
allegory (note the "an")
200
What is Ms. Hemm's favorite sports movie?
Glory Road
300
D. Ms. Jenny plans to ________________ herself, by proving to everyone she was right and they were wrong. She will need textual evidence for that.
vindicated
300
C. Voila! In view humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the “vox populi” now vacant, vanished.
alliteration
300
I. Before Chancellor Sutler gained control, Britain was an ______________; there were no laws and no order.
anarchy
300
J. “Measureless oceans of space” (Whitman ln. 6)
hyperbole
300
Who is Ms. Hemm's favorite Disney princess? *who is on Ms. Hemm's notebook
I like all three (Ariel, Jasmine, Tiana)
400
E. I hope none of your parents live _____________ through you and your accomplishments. That only puts extra pressure on you.
vicariously
400
D. The scene in V for Vendetta that repeats over and over again, where a man is depicted coming out of a burning building, shouting at the top of his lungs. It is shown to depict how the past influenced the future.
flashback
400
J. Yes, there is a club named ___________________ in La Venezuela because people are always intoxicated and happy there.
euphoria
400
H. “But every night come out these [stars] envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile” (Emerson 12).
personification
400
When Ms. Hemm was little what did she want to be when she grew up?
Marine biologist
500
F. Sometimes, I think the students want to raise a ________________, take over the school spontaneously and run it themselves.
coup
500
E. Why does it always crucify Christ, and excommunicate Copernicus and Luther, and pronounce Washington and Franklin rebels? (Thoreau 5-6).
allusions
500
A __________ effect of global warming is the extinction of some marine life.
residual
500
K. “When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,/ When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,” (Whitman ln. 3-4).
mathematical diction
500
Besides being a teacher, what is Ms. Hemm's dream job? If Ms. Hemm's career dreams/goals came true...what would she be doing? What would she be?
start an organization or program that combines both education and sports in a developing country or inner city school *like coach for college
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