Literary Devices
Short Stories
The Pearl/ The Contender
Night/ The House on Mango Street
Nonfiction Essays
100
"I was a freezing icicle as the trees groaned behind me like old men at Woodstock."
What is personification, allusion, similie, metaphor, and hyperbole?
100
This is used in "The Telltale Heart" to give the reader a better look at the mental breakdown of the main character.
What is first person perspective?
100
The common theme/ moral of both The Pearl and "The Monkey's Paw".
What is "be careful what you wish for"?
100
The original language and length of the book "Night".
What is Yiddish and 800 pages?
100
What "The Trouble With Television", "Sharing the American Dream"," The Seeing See Little", and possibly "Words to Sit in Like Chairs" are all examples of.
What is a persuasive essay?
200
Exposition, Inciting Action, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution/ Conclusion.
What are the parts of Freytag's Pyramid?
200
When Lory's mother finds out that Lory is Charles.
What is the climax of "Charles"?
200
What Aunt Pearl was forced to refuse when she was young that made her understand Alfred's need to box.
What is a singing career?
200
Esperanza's friend who marries before High School to escape an abusive father.
Who is Sally?
200
"Harriet Tubman: Guide to Freedom", "Brown vs. Board of Education", and "Why Leaves Change Color".
What are expository essays?
300
What Roger strives for once he get's to Mrs. Jones's house in "Thank You, Mam".
What is trustworthiness?
300
The name of the main character in "Old Ben" (who is a human).
What is They Never Tell Us. That was A Trick Question?
300
The three things Kino wants to do with the money gained from the pearl.
What is a formal wedding, a proper education for Coyotito, and a rifle?
300
Woman who hallucinated of fire on the train to the first concentration camp in "Night".
Who is Madame Schacter?
300
The three stories that tell of/ reflect a major disaster.
What are "Not to Go With Others", "Forest Fire", and "Words to Sit in like Chairs"?
400
An insight into the past that helps the reader learn about the present or predict future events.
What is a flashback?
400
The climax of Raymond's Run.
What is when Squeaky decides to train Raymond to be a runner and become more friendly with Gretchen?
400
A common concept symbolized in "The Contender" (ie. the movies, the cave, the clubhouse).
What is escape?
400
A common problem among the women on Mango Street (ie. Rafaela, Mamacita, Sally, Marin).
What is the inability to leave the house?
400
The kindergarten assignment mentioned in the beginning of "One Writer's Beginnings".
What is drawing flowers?
500
A genius astrophysicist who is unable to speak or drowning to death in the fountain of youth.
What is irony?
500
The fox spirit that helps Andy's "real" first name that she mentioned while pretending to be a human.
What is Leona?
500
The bird whose egg was roughly the size of the pearl.
What is a seagull?
500
The names of the concentration camps Elie had to live in (in order). BONUS: Elie's dad's first name.
What are: Auchwitz/Birkeneu, Buna, Gliewitz, and Buchenwald? BONUS: What is Chlomo?
500
The feature that most men, according to a statistic, could not remember about their wives.
What is eye color?
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