"Don't let the cat out of the bag!" Brianna yelled, when Aquinnah tried to spill the beans.
metaphor
100
DOUBLE POINTS
What is foreshadowing?
to be warned/indicated that a certain event will happen
100
what is a protagonist?
central character / "hero"
100
what is the theme of a text?
the main idea
100
Give an example of an overstatement
answers will vary.
200
what is dialogue?
speech between two characters
200
Give an example of an archetype.
answers may vary.
200
What is personification?
giving human actions to unhuman objects
200
what is a conflict?
the problem of the story.
200
CONGRATULATIONS! DAILY DOUBLE !
Choice One - Take the free points for yourself.
Choice Two - Deduct the points from another team's score
300
what is a soliloquy
speaking ones thoughts aloud regardless of any hearers
300
give an example of direct characterization.
answers will vary.
-tells the personality of a character
300
what is a motif?
DOUBLE POINTS
an object or idea that repeats itself through a literary work.
300
What is indirect characterization?
the text shows the personality of a character, but doesn't flat out tell you the traits.
for example: "she avoided eye contact with people as she walked, practically burying her head into her phone"
to show that she is shy.
300
what is dramatic irony?
DOUBLE POINTS
the audience knows more than the character
for example: In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo thinks that Juliet is dead when the audience knows that she actually isn't.
400
Give an example of sensory imagery
answers vary.
400
CONGRATULATIONS! DAILY DOUBLE!
- Keep these points for yourself.
OR
- Deduct them from another team's score.
400
what is an aside?
a passage by a character, only to be heard by the audience
400
DOUBLE POINTS
what is satire?
the use of humor, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize other people's stupidity or vices.
example: "if voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal"
400
give an example of verbal irony
answers will vary.
ex: clear as dirt
500
what is an allusion?
_.
500
"I rode the horse in red pajamas" is an example of ambiguity because..
it is unclear if you wore the red pajamas or if the horse wore red pajamas.
500
What is situational irony?
When the expected outcome doesn't happen.
for example: if a fire station burns down.
500
"The enemy of my enemy, is my friend" is an example of a ..
paradox - because it appears to be self contradictory
500
DOUBLE POINTS
Give an example of an oxymoron.
oxymoron definition: two opposite ideas are joined together to create an effect
"awfully pretty" or "seriously funny"