Literary Terms
Vocab.
Homophones
Vocab.2
The Giver
100
foreshadowing
When a author provides hints or clues about what may happen next he/she is using _____
100
Absurd
Something that means nonsense.
100
Capital
Begin with a (capital, capitol)letter.
100
Grief
Intense emotional suffering
100
He scared all of the citizens
In the first chapter,why is the pilot released from the community?
200
Alliteration
A pattern of sound that includes the repetition of consonant sounds is called ______
200
Defiant
Something that means boldly resisting
200
Where
(Where, wear)are you going?
200
Absolutely
Completely or unconditional
200
He was underweight and didn't sleep proper.
Why is Gabriel in danger of being release?
300
Personification
________ is a figure of speech where animals ,ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics.
300
Persistantly
Something that means firmly and steadily
300
to
I'm going (too,two,to)a Yankees game with my friend, Chris
300
freedom
the state or quality of being free
300
The memory of a sleigh rides
What is the first memory Jonas receives?
400
simile
A ______ is a type of figurative language that makes that a comparison between two otherwise unalike objects or ideas by connecting with words "like" or "as"
400
sluggishly
Something that means as if lacking energy
400
Too
Kyle will come to the game (too,two,to).
400
scapegoat
a person blamed for someone else's mistakes
400
Because it is war
Why did Jonas interrupt his friends' game of " good guys and bad guys"?
500
Hyperbole
_____ is a figure of speech that is grossly exaggerated description or statement.
500
logic
The study of great reasoning
500
won one
The Yankees (won,one) (won,one)more game than the Mets this year.
500
setting
time and place of a action
500
he heard music and saw light
What does Jonas see (or think he sees) as he nears the bottom of the hill on the sled?
M
e
n
u