Vocab
Literary Devices
Literary Devices 2
Short Stories
Troublesome Words&Parts of Speech
100
Means fully in agreement
What is unanimous?
100
Anything in a story that moves the story forward
What is an action?
100
A comparison using like or as
What is simile?
100
What the characters are forced to wear.
What are handicaps?
100
"Each day the plants are thoroughly watered" In this sentence plants acts as what part of speech?
What is a noun?
200
Means pre-Civil War
What is antebellum?
200
The main struggle between the protagonist and antagonist
What is conflict?
200
Ways in which an author reveals a character's personality
What is characterization?
200
The problem with the world in Harrison Bergeron is that everyone is forced to be
What is equal?
200
"Back the car into the garage" In the sentence "back" acts as what part of speech.
What is a verb?
300
Means to kill a king
What is Regicide?
300
A temporary problem a character must solve to achieve their goal
What is a complication?
300
"Brian was a wall, bouncing every ball back over the net" is an example of
What is a metaphor?
300
The reason Hazel Bergeron does not wear anything to hinder her
What is she is completely average?
300
"John, (who or whom) Becky had been looking for, finally showed up.
What is whom?
400
Means to hate people
What is misanthrope?
400
A good way to reveal the mood of the story
What is a setting?
400
A repeated idea or thread weaved throughout a literary work
What is a theme?
400
After the death of his son, George Bergeron _____________
What is he forgets the events?
400
The negative comments had an (affect vs. effect) on her confidence
What is effect?
500
Means to decay
What is atrophy?
500
Something that represents something other than its actual meaning
What is a symbol?
500
"Ivan the Terrible" is an example of this literary device
What is irony?
500
Author of "Harrison Bergeron"
Who is Kurt Vonnegut?
500
She did trust Nate, (Who vs. Whom) always had a bad habit of lying.
What is who?
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