Literary Devices
Characters
Quote Identification
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Story Elements
100
The link between Algernon’s death and Charlie’s future in Flowers for Algernon is an example of this literary device.
What is foreshadowing?
100
He is a white lab mouse made intelligent.
Who is Algernon?
100
"I can see only a little bit of that, Charlie, and I won't go much higher than I am now, but you'll keep climbing up and up, and see more and more, and each step will open new worlds that you never even knew existed." is spoken by which character in Flowers for Algernon?
Who is Miss Kinnian?
100
This documentary pits high achieving individuals in intelligence tests against each other.
What is Battle of the Brains?
100
Time, weather, and social conditions contribute to this short story element.
What is setting?
200
The purple jacket in On The Sidewalk Bleeding is an example of this literary device.
What is symbolism?
200
His last act was taking off his purple jacket.
Who is Andy?
200
" He was very nice and talked slow like Miss Kinnian does and he explaned it to me that it was a raw shok. He said pepul see things in the ink. I said show me where. He said think. I told him I think a inkblot but that wasn't rite eather. " is from this short story.
What is Flowers for Algernon?
200
This is the prompt we used for making a character in a creative writing exercise.
What is a button?
200
This is a character who doesn't go through a change, and remains one-dimensional.
What is a flat character?
300
BAM! POW! is an example of this literary device.
What is onomatopeia?
300
She is a Blackfoot citizen who moved to Salt Lake City.
Who is Laetitia?
300
"An old lady stopped at the other end of the alley. The garbage cans were stacked there, beating noisily in the rain. The old lady carried an umbrella with broken ribs, carried it like a queen. She stepped into the mouth of the alley, shopping bag over one arm." is from this short story.
What is On the Sidewalk Bleeding?
300
The main character and the one who opposes them are called this.
What are the protagonist and antagonist?
300
These are two examples of conflict to be found in stories.
What is Person vs. Person, Self, Nature, Technology, Society.
400
"I'm in a glass case of emotions!" is an example of this literary device.
What is a metaphor?
400
She was Charlie’s teacher.
Who is Miss Kinnian?
400
"The car was not very comfortable, but we did have all that food and it was April, so even if it did snow as it sometimes does on the prairies, we wouldn't freeze." is from this short story.
What is Borders?
400
He is the author of Flowers for Algernon.
Who is Daniel Keyes?
400
This is when a major character tells the story from their point of view.
What is first person narration?
500
“Gilda Garber gathered a gaggle of giggling geese.” is an example of this literary device.
What is alliteration?
500
They are the couple in the alley who decide not to help the dying young man.
Who are Freddie and Angela?
500
"When I finally reach the cash register, the counter girl is crisp as a pickle, her fingers thin as french fries, her face brown as a bun."
What is You Can't Write a Poem About McDonalds?
500
He carries a rabbits foot to help him and bring him luck.
Who is Charlie?
500
What are the six elements of a plot?
What is Introduction, Complication, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Conclusion?
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