Literary/ Rhetorical Devices
To Kill a Mockingbird
Gift of Magi
Story Elements
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100

When the author hints at events yet to come in a story.

What is foreshadowing? 

100

Scout’s full name.

What is Jean Louise Finch? 

100

The character facing the conflict of not having enough money to get her husband a gift. 

Who is Della? 

100

This is an educated guess on what will happen next in a work of literature. 

What is an inference? 

100

The part of speech that describes people, places, things, and ideas? 

What are nouns? 

200

Creates contrast between how things seem and how they really are.

What is Irony? 

200

This person shoots at Jem, Scout, and Dill for trespassing on their property. 

Who is Mr. Radley? 

200

The literary element illustrated at the end of the story that is a contrast between how things seem and how they really are.

What is irony? 

200

A point of view where the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character. 

What is third person limited? 

200

The part of speech used to describe nouns. 

What are adjectives? 

300

A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

What is an analogy? 

300

This person's character develops the plot and theme of the story through the influence they have on Jem and Scout's growing compassion for people who are different. 

Who is Boo Radley? 

300

Love is the greatest gift can be described as the ________ in regard to Gift of the Magi? 

What is the theme? 

300

The point in the story where the majority of the action takes place.

What is the rising action? 

300

The sport that Mr. McCormack coaches.

What is football? 

400

A rhetorical device used to appeal to the reader's sense of reason. 

What is LOGOS?

400

This group of children went to town to get ice cream the day Tom "assaulted" Mayella. 

Who are the Burwell children? 

400

Describing a character's personality without directly describing the character. A loving wife is what describes Della's character in Gift of the Magi it is shown through the character's personality through speech, actions and appearance.

What is indirect characterization? 

400

The point in a story where the loose ends of the plot are tied up. Usually the conflict and the climax are going through the process of being resolved.

What is the falling action? 

400

A piece of writing where you tell a personal story about an experience you had. It refers to a story from one's life or experiences 

What is a personal narrative? 

500

This involves one or more sentences with similar structures to produce a pattern of repetition and balance.

What is Parallelism?

500

This form of payment, made famous in the movie "Dumb and Dumber" starring Jim Carey, is how Mr. Cunningham pays for his legal fees.

What are IOU's? 

500

The specific type of irony present in Gift of the Magi. 

What is situational irony? 

500

This part of the story normally occurs at the start of a story. The readers learn about the characters, setting, and are introduced to the main conflict.  

What is the exposition? 

500

The city where Ferris Bueller spends his day off. 

What is Chicago? 

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