Vocab
Literary Devices
New Literary Devices
New Vocab
Hardest Category
100
The Justice Building is _______! It is on fire!
ablaze
100
1. “Bam!” (Collins 15).
onomatopoeia
100
"Oh darling, darling" *not repetition
apostrophe
100
15th birthday parties in the Dominican Republic can be very _________. They are over the top, expensive, colorful and flashy.
flamboyant
100
DOes Ms. Hemm like chocolate or vanilla better?
chocolate. every time.
200
6. Katniss’ efforts to convince President Snow and the Capitol were __________. President Snow did not care either way. The marriage proposal was pointless.
futile
200
5. “I sat as motionless as the rock beneath me” (Collins 3).
simile
200
"Webs from all the spiders, catching things and eating their insides"
metaphor
200
There is an ___________ danger. The vicious Peacekeepers are approaching fast and they look like they want to kill us!
imminent
200
What is Ms. Hemm's favorite sports movie?
Glory Road
300
3. If Peeta and Katniss become ___________, the whole series of the Hunger Games will come to an end. I hope they don’t die for the cause!
martyrS
300
snakes
archetypes
300
"If the sky we look upon should tumble and fall"
hyperbole
300
For some reason, in your culture and my culture, if you like anime, you are treated like a social _________. That is terrible. We should not treat anyone like an outcast because of what they enjoy.
pariah
300
What is Ms. Hemm's favorite Disney Princess? Hint: who is on ms. hemm's notebook?
I cant decide (Ariel, Jasmine, Tiana)
400
2. Haymitch _______________ a drink made up of all different alcohols.
concocts/ concocted
400
3. Fire, sparks, flames
symbols
400
"We can live like Jack and Sally if you want" **there are two (name both)
simile and allusion
400
Katniss did not know that threatening to eat the berries would have such ____________ throughout all the districts. At the time, she did not think the districts would rebel as a consequence of her actions.
repercussions
400
What did Ms. Hemm want to be when she grew up?
marine biologist
500
1. President Snow will do anything to have the ____________ of all the districts, even threaten Katniss and the ones she loves. He doesn’t want any uprisings.
pacification
500
4. “Who is there? What do they want? Why are they at my house?” (Collins 29).
suspense
500
"When David played and it pleased the Lord"
allusion
500
District 13 had faded into ___________ because the Capitol uses ______________ to convince the districts that it does not exist anymore.
oblivion; propoganda
500
Besides being a teacher, what is Ms. Hemm's dream job? If her career goals came true...what would she be doing? what would she be?
create a program or organization that combines education and sports either in inner city schools or developing countries
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